Normative religion describes the social boundaries of religious identity at a macro-level, particularly for the named world religions. It has a broader definition than theological orthodoxy, including all those commonly accepted within the religion as a social group of mutual identification  . Normative religion is often contrasted with that of new religious movements  .
Normative religion describes the social boundaries of religious identity at a macro-level, particularly for the named world religions. It has a broader definition than theological orthodoxy, including all those commonly accepted within the religion as a social group of mutual identification , for example with connected liberal tendencies . Normative religion is often contrasted with that of new religious movements , such that the Nation of Islam is considered outside of "normative Islam" and Messianic Judaism outside of "normative Judaism" .
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, for example with connected liberal tendencies
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, such that the Nation of Islam is considered outside of "normative Islam" and Messianic Judaism outside of "normative Judaism"