NRM Flashcards

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Roy Wallis (1985)

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> sociologists found it hard to place groups into “sect” and “cult” therefore New Religious Movements (NRM) were introduced.
three main types of NRM:
1. World-affirming NRMs - accept the world and positively embrace it. Offer members techniques to become more successful in the world.
2. World-accommodating NRMs - encourage members to remain in wider society, but they remain critical of its secular nature and prefer members not to take part in “sinful” activities.
3. World-rejecting NRMs - founded by a charismatic leader and hostile to the wider society. Strict conditions for entry and continuous members. Expect high commitment and they are the truth in their eyes.
EVALUATION - in reality, NRMs overlap and they only create more confusion rather than avoiding it.`

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Paul Heelas (2005) New Age Movement.

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> new age refers to a large number of spiritual therapies since 1970s.
New agers don’t have a “belonging” to the group but practice individually.
Heelas calls it a holistic milieu. That is self-spirituality
new age therapies include yoga, crystal healing, palm reading, meditation, etc.
new age is part of a spiritual revolution, where people have taken control of their own beliefs and spirituality.

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Who does the new age appeal to?

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> all age groups, but especially middle-aged, middle-class women, especially those working in professional, expressive occupations.
they are more open-minded and have more leisure time and money to enjoy them.
they believe that traditional religions don’t have answers to all questions and that the New age does.

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New age

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> has no idea of membership and is purely for individuals.
in absence of grand-meta narratives, people seek a personal explanation for their existence.
new age doesn’t claim a monopoly of the truth.
New Age rejecting mainstream religions which were tradition - this is called “de-traditionalisation” according to Heelas

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