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New Religious Movements (Women and the New Age (Class differences…

- - - - Moonies, Children of God, The Manson Family and People's Temple
    - - Has clear notion of God.
      - Critical of outside world and expect radical change
      - To achieve salvation, members must make sharp break from former life
      - Members live communally
- - - - Neo-Pentecostalists or Subud
    - - Breakaway from existing mainstream churches
      - Neither accept nor reject the world
      - Focus on relgious matters than worldly.
      - Seek to restore spiritual purity of religion
- - - - Scientology, Soka Gakkai, TM and Human Potential
    - - Accept the world as it is
      - Non-exclusive and tolerant of other religions
      - Offer additional special knowledge that enables followers to unlock own spriritual powers.
      - Most are cults : followers are customers
- - - - Postmodern : loss of faith
  - - - Growth of the New Age is a feature of latest phase of modern society
        
        Modern society : values individualism
    - - New Age & modernity link in 4 ways
        
        Source of identity
        
        Consumer culture
        
        Rapid social change
        
        Decline of organised religion
- - - - 80% of participants in holistic milieu in Kendal were female