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I am trying to find a little more on this author and concept of the classifications of religious movements.
Do you agree with his classification system? Is it accurate? Is anything missing?
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The sociologist Roy Wallis introduced a classification system of new religious movements based on movements' views on and relationships with the world at large.[40][35]: 140–141 [42][43]
Do you agree with his classification system? Is it accurate? Is anything missing?
Sociological classifications of religious movements - Wikipedia
Roy Wallis
[edit]The sociologist Roy Wallis introduced a classification system of new religious movements based on movements' views on and relationships with the world at large.[40][35]: 140–141 [42][43]
- World-rejecting movements view the prevailing social order as deviant and a perversion of the divine plan. Such movements see the world as evil or at least as materialistic. They may adhere to millenarian beliefs. The International Society of Krishna Consciousness (a.k.a. "Hare Krishnas"), the Unification Church, the Brahma Kumaris and the Children of God exemplify world-rejecting movements.
- World-accommodating movements draw clear distinctions between the spiritual and the worldly spheres. They have few or no consequences for the lives of adherents. These movements adapt to the world but they do not reject or affirm it.
- World-affirming movements might not have any rituals or any formal ideology. They may lack most of the characteristics of religious movements. They affirm the world and merely claim to have the means to enable people to unlock their "hidden potential". As examples of world-affirming movements, Wallis mentions Werner Erhard's est and Transcendental Meditation.