The growth of NRMs
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- Created on: 03-06-16 16:34
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- The growth of NRMs
- NRMs provide certainty in times of uncertainty.
- Marginality
- Inequality, immigration and racism may marginalise some groups. Some NRMs may help marginalised people make sense of their situation, and may promise a better life after death as compensation. Weber called this the 'theodicy of disprivilege'.
- Relative deprivation
- Some middle class people might see them selves as deprived in comparison to their peers.
- Social change
- Transformation of society can result in anomie and uncertainty. The breakdown of community, the process of secularization, cultural diversity and bad news such as terrorist attacks may generate uncertainty.
- Modernity and post-modernity
- The increasing amount of disillusionment may create uncertainty and a crisis of identity.
- Marginality
- Wallis explains the appeal of three different kinds of NRM.
- World rejecting movements
- Grew in numbers in the 1960s. There was a lot of freedom for people but also uncertainty. It was a period with lots of alternative world views. Some people wanted more concrete beliefs.
- World affirming movements
- Develop as a means of coping with a crisis of identity in more successful groups (e.g. middle class). They try to unlock human potential and help people save their problems.
- World accommodating movements
- Appeal to those who are dissatisfied with existing religion.
- World rejecting movements
- NRMs provide certainty in times of uncertainty.
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