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Assess the view that deprivation is the main reason for the growth of NRM's
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Assess the view that deprivation is the main reason for the growth of NRM's Deprivation is distinguishable into relative and absolute deprivation. Physical abuse, starvation, and poverty are seen as forms of absolute deprivation, whereas relative deprivation can be defined as the discrepancy between what one expects in life and what one gets. In the 1950s and 1960s, much theorizing centred on the construction of typologies. This was also the case in deprivation theory. For example, Charles Glock distinguished five types of deprivation, depending on the kinds of strain felt: economic, social, organismic, ethical, and psychic deprivation. Every type gave rise to a particular type of religious group, respectively: sect, church, healing movement, reform movement, or cult. According to the class into which it fell, Glock could predict the "career" of the particular religious group. According to Bryan Wilson (1973), most new religious movements in the Third World were either...
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