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new religious movement

religious community or spiritual group of modern origins
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Summary

new religious movement is a religion type[1]. It draws 7,994 Wikipedia views per month (religion type category, ranking #3 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: religious movement[3], religion[4]
  • Commons category: New religious movements[5]
  • Said to be the same as: New religion[6]
  • Opposite of: anti-cult movement[7], traditional religion[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New religious movements[9]
  • Partially coincident with: cult[10]
  • Has characteristic: religious syncretism[11]
  • Different from: New Age[12]
  • Has list: list of new religious movements[13]
  • Studied by: religious studies[14]

Why It Matters

new religious movement has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

religion religious studies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → New Age
    Subclass of → religious movement, religion
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 16664, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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