Editing New Religious Movements

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; width:320px;"
! colspan="2" | New Religious Movements
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! Family
| Modern / Global
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! Origin region
| Global
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! Founding period
| Mostly 19th century CE to present
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! Estimated adherents
| Varies widely by movement; some have millions of adherents and global institutions.
|}

'''New Religious Movements''' is A broad academic category for relatively recent religious movements, communities, and spiritual innovations. 

== Overview ==
New Religious Movements include many unrelated groups with distinct origins, beliefs, scriptures, rituals, and institutions. Some arise from older religions; others form new syntheses or claim new revelations. Each movement should be documented individually and neutrally.

== Key beliefs ==
* Highly movement-specific
* Often include new revelation, restoration, spiritual practice, or reform
* May blend older traditions with modern organization or global mission
* Should be described case by case

== Practices ==
* Meetings or worship services
* Study of movement texts
* Initiation or membership rites
* Meditation or prayer
* Missionary work in some movements
* Community service

== Places of worship ==
* Movement-specific temples, churches, halls, centers, or homes

== Sacred texts ==
* Movement-specific scriptures and writings

== Holidays and observances ==
* Founder birthdays
* Founding anniversaries
* Movement-specific sacred days

== Branches and related traditions ==
* [[Latter Day Saint Movement]] - Restorationist Christian-rooted movements beginning with Joseph Smith in the nineteenth century.
* [[Christian Science]] - A movement founded by Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing and the writings of Science and Health.
* [[Theosophy and Esoteric Movements]] - Modern esoteric movements drawing on global religious, philosophical, and occult currents.
* [[Rastafari]] - A Jamaican movement drawing on biblical, African diasporic, and anti-colonial themes.

== See also ==
* [[Religion]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]

[[Category:Religions]]
[[Category:Modern / Global]]