Journal

Points 10

This is the religion class journal. We studied 7 religions and New Religion Movements in class. They are: Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, New Religious Movements. Write 4 pages by including abstract page and write detail in grammatically.

A) Give two reasons why you believe it’s important to study religion?

B) What surprised you the most this semester in your study of religions of the world?
C) We continue to see an increase in New Religious Movements’s throughout the world, why do think this so?

D) What are the appealing features of cults?

These are New Religious Movements sources which will help you in this assignment and read/watch these before you write.

Types of New Religious Movements

Preparing for the End- Apocalyptic ( 7th day Adventist)

Faith and Spirit- Healing and Awareness (Scientology)

Reviving the Church- Christian Renewal (Unification Church)

Nature and Spirit- Earth based Ecology (Wicca)

Liberation and Enlightenment- Asian Roots (Hare Krishnas)

Afro Caribbean- African American (Rastafarian)

Native American- Native American Church (Peyote Religion)

Focus on Human & Natural- Secular (Satanism)

Quest for Unity- Universalist (Bahai’i)

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Video overview on NRMS-New Religious Movements (Links to an external site.)

http://www.religioustolerance.org/cults.htm (Links to an external site.)

Jonestown Mass Suicide: Revisiting The Cult That Ended With The Deaths Of 900 | TODAY (Links to an external site.)

What Happened at the Waco Siege? | History (Links to an external site.)