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The recent rise in support for NRMS comes mainly from an increased desire to reject mainstream religious values. Evaluate this claim
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The recent rise in support for NRMS comes mainly from an increased desire to reject mainstream religious values. Evaluate this claim. (40) The concept "New Religious Movements" embraces both cults and sects. Eileen Barker (1984) created this term to avoid the negative connotations of "cults" and "sects". "New" usually refers to "of recent origin" and "different from existing religions". NRMS have grown over the past 30years and which may have stemmed from political, economic, technical and ideological changes. These movements are more likely to develop in societies in which the power of the church is in decline. It is estimated that there now may be as many as 25,000 new religious groups in Europe, with over 12,000 from the UK alone. Peter Berger (1970) argues traditional religious values have declined as a result of urbanisation and industrialisation, as individuals have become more socially and geographically mobile. Individuals have become more accustomed to...
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