New Religious Movements Flashcards
New Age
Eclectic, often unrelated group of beliefs and practices that aim to bring the individual to a state of higher consciousness.
Christian Science- Mary Baker Eddy
The founder of Christian Science. This science involves view that the mind is the source of health and sickness; to cure the mind leads to cure the body.
Sun Myung Moon
Founded the Unification Church in Pusan, South Korea in 1954.
Falun Gong
“Practice of the Wheel of Dharma,” a Chinese NRM founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992
Joseph Smith
Founder of Mormonism
Book of Mormon
The religious book used in mormonism
Bringham Young
American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States.
Endowment
Mormon temple rite of adult initiation in which blessings and knowledge are imparted to the initiate
Sealing
Mormon temple rite uniting families for time and eternity
Temple Garment
Type of white underwear worn by members of the Latter Day Saints church after they have taken part in the endowment ceremony in the temple
Stakes
Regional body of Mormon churches under a president
The Church of Scientology
Psychologically-oriented new religious movement founded by L. Ron hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard
Founder of the Church of Scientology
Engrams
In Scientology, image of past experience stored in the mind that hinders full mental and emotional functioning
Auditing
In Scientology, a one-on-one counseling process in which a client is helped to deal with his or her emgrams
