Religion and Spirituality: Religious Studies: New Religious Movements

Established in 1988 and recognized in Italy as a public cultural institution in 1996, CESNUR is an international research center in the field of religious studies and new religious movements.

Jeffrey K. Hadden's extensive collection of resources covering cults, sects, and new and established religions. Includes profiles and links for over 200 religious movements, discussion of cult group controversies, and teaching course materials.

Includes complete texts of selected academic works, an exploration of African religions, and a mailing list: nurel-l.

An annotated directory of Internet resources for the study of NRMs and alternative spirituality. Includes categories for academic study, Christian and secular responses, and specific movements.

Resources concerning psychological manipulation, cult groups, sects, and new religious movements. Includes conferences, full text essays, study guides, and details of periodicals.

Extensive listing of links to complete text articles.

Essays from the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance cover cults, NRMs, the counter-cult movement, and attitudes toward minority religions.

Stephen A. Kent examines the sociological reasons for European government concern over new religious movements, and analyzes the State Department's apparent acceptance of Scientologists' claims of human rights abuses. [Marburg Journal of Religion]

Study by Dr. Kliever of Southern Methodist University.

Article by Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs sounds the alarm about trusting researchers being co-opted by the groups they study, thus bringing the social study of religion into disrepute.