The American public’s perception of New Religious Movements (NRMs) as fundamentally harmful cults stems from the "anticult" movement of the 1970s, which gave

New religious movements--commonly known as cults--are defined as organizations that have arisen within the last 200 years. Most treatments of these movements ha

African American religions constitute a diverse group of beliefs and practices that emerged from the African diaspora brought about by the Atlantic slave trade.

Discussions of any religion can easily raise passions. But arguments tend to become even more heated when the religion under discussion is characterized as new.

The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies, and since the release of the first edition of The Oxford H