INFORMATION ABOUT

NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS (NRMs)

IN THE AMERICAS

Definitions of NRMs

NOTE: PROLADES does not necessarily endorse, support or approve of the varios points of view expressed in the documents listed below, but they are presented here for the sake of discussion and analysis so that viewers will have a more comprehensive understanding of the themes presented.

Jeffery Hadden: 
Cult Group Controversies--
Conceptualizing "Cult" and "Sect"

Jorge Erdely -- Sectas Destructivas: 
Definiciones y Metodología de Análisis

Irving Hexham's
Concise Dictionary of Religion

OCRT:  Cults, Sects and Denominations 

  ReligiousTolerance.org
"CULTS:  a.k.a. New Religious Movements"

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