New Religious Movements
Channel: Sacred Inclusion Network
Date: 03/05/2018

By some estimates, there are more than 300 New Religious Movements in the United States and tens of thousands worldwide. These include offshoots of established religions, congregations with unique scriptures, and "New Age" churches that claim celestial origins. Some of these groups last less than a decade, whereas others span generations.

W. Michael Ashcraft, the Philosophy and Religion Department Chair of Truman State University, has been studying New Religious Movements for most of his professional life. The author of the recently published book, A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements, Ashcraft here discusses why anyone should care about New Religious movements, they're impact on the culture, and how today's NRM compare to those of previous eras.

A longer audio podcast can be found here: http://diversityspirituality.libsyn.com/new-religious-movements