New Religious Movements: Cults, New Age and Related Phenomena

Introduction In the 1970s, the unexpected rise of new religious movements was brought about, but most of it was related to the origin of the East. These religions are operated at the edge of traditional religious institutions and are controversial at once. This controversy is combined with the transformation into these new alternative religious movements that are causing serious concern about the interests shown therein, especially the firm support of educated young people and the subsequent traditional value system It has been. Acceptable theory to explain the reason behind exile for these movements.

Cult: 1) A new non-traditional religious movement based on the teachings of new prophets and new scriptures. 2) ARDA and other scholars tend to use the term "new religious movements" rather than cult words. The latter term is for having negative political and social implications and prejudices related to those who belong to these groups. 3) In common use, sects are often called cults (Smith and Green 1995: 298). For details on this concept, please click here.

In the 1970s, the anti-cult movement used the concept of brainwashing to explain sudden dramatic religious changes to various new religious movements (NRM) and other groups considered cults. News media reports tend to favor social scientists who sympathize with brainwashing ideas and anti-cult movement. Some psychologists accept this concept, but sociologists are largely skeptical about their ability to convert to NRM.

The term "new religious movement" refers to the religion that emerged after the mid-19th century. Many, but not all, people are regarded as cults. Cult subcategories include apocalyptic cult, personality cult, political cult, destructive cult, racist cult, polygamy, and terrorist cult. The government has responded to cult related problems in various ways, but it is sometimes controversial. English speaking people initially use the term "cult" to represent groups of religious believers, but rather to refer to worship and religious ceremonies. English terminology began at the beginning of the 17th century and borrowed from Latin Cultus (worship) borrowed from the French record. The word finally derived from the Latin adjective Cultus (resident, resident, cultivated, worshiped) based on verb cholera (care, cultivation)