Final Flashcards
(47 cards)
syncretism
blending of older religions to create NRM’s
religious hybridity
creative mixing of NR identities from older ones
departicularization
decay and dispersal of old religious forms
preferred NRM name
NRM
what 2 RM names have specialized meanings
Sect and cult
evolution of word cult
- Roman Cath. Church as devotion acts to Mary and Saints
- now used by sociologists for sects with les traditional beliefs
Are NRM new?
products of older religions
2 main types of NRM’s
- Non traditional
2. traditional
non traditional NRM
contain more new elements than traditional
-scientology
traditional NRM
contain fewer new elements
Tripolar Typology (3 things)
- making sense of religious diversity
1. exclusivism
2. inclusivism
3. pluralism
Baha’i faith
name of NRM in Iran, 19th century
Kitab-i-Aqdas
Baha’i scripture
The Bab
predecessor of Baha’u’llah (messiah figure)
Babis
followers
3 onenesses of Baha’i
- God
- Humanity
- Religion
Supersessionisms
RM sees itself surpassing another M
Strong Supersessionism
RM claims to replace another
Weak Supersessionism
RM improving upon another
Unitarianism
- radical reformation
- rejected trinity on biblical grounds
- 1st liberal christians in US
W.E. Channing
pastor of Unitarianism
Universalism
- 19th century
- salvation of all biblical grounds
Housea Ballou
minister of Universalism
Restorationism
- gaining legitimization by NRM’s
- say founding RM are teaching things forgotten or corrupted
