Liber XXI · New Religions
Introduction
The Bahá'í Faith, Mormonism, Rastafari, Cao Đài and other modern religions.
Every age produces new religions, and the last two centuries have produced many. This section covers religious movements founded since about 1800, among them the Latter-day Saints, the Bahá'í Faith, Christian Science, Seventh-day Adventism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Rastafari, Cao Đài, Tenrikyo and the Japanese new religions, Neopaganism and the Unification Church, with attention to how scholars study new religions and to the debates over 'cults' and conversion.
6 min readWhat Is a New Religious Movement? Definitions and HistoryWhat is a new religious movement? Definitions, the difference between cults, sects and NRMs, the main families of new religions and why some succeed.8 min readScientology: L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics and the Church HistoryScientology explained: L. Ron Hubbard and Dianetics, the thetan and auditing, the Bridge to Total Freedom, church history, controversies and scholarship.8 min readThe Unification Church: Sun Myung Moon and the Divine PrincipleThe Unification Church explained: Sun Myung Moon, the Divine Principle, True Parents, mass Blessing weddings, the 'Moonie' controversies and the church today.