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New Religion Adherents: An Overview of Anglophone Census and Survey Data
General estimates of the extent of the New Religions phenomenon vary considerably. The two basic quantitative questions in this area are: How many groups? And, How many people? These questions are not as simple as they might at first appear. A more fundamental question involves classification: Where...
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| Pubblicato in: | Marburg Journal of Religion |
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| Natura: | Artikel (Zeitschrift) |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
2004
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| Riassunto: | General estimates of the extent of the New Religions phenomenon vary considerably. The two basic quantitative questions in this area are: How many groups? And, How many people? These questions are not as simple as they might at first appear. A more fundamental question involves classification: Where does one draw the line between alternative and non-alternative religions? What one finds when one actually tries to determine where to draw such a line is that the difference between “mainstream” and “alternative” is a matter of degree rather than a sharplydefined distinction. |
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| DOI: | 10.17192/mjr.2004.9.3632 |