REL212 World View Chart New Religious Movements Chart

REL212 WORLD VIEW CHART

This chart contains all the research you need to write the final paper for this course. If you do the research and reading on the religion(s) we study each week, and if you give yourself a good guide to the religions using this chart, you will have a good foundation for that final paper. The more information you provide for yourself with this chart, the easier it will be to write your final paper. Do not forget to provide adequate material for any in-text citations and be sure to include a reference page as well. On the left hand side of the chart are the categories and the content to be discussed.
Complete and submit the following chart. Provide citations for any source(s) you used to explain or provide examples for in your research.List in APA Style full references for any in-text citations and source(s) made in the above chart. Use full sentences and correct grammar, etc.

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RELIGION(S) OF THE WEEK

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* State the name of the Religion being addressed in this chart.
* Please address ONLY ONE (1) religion per chart. If there is more than one religion for the week, do two charts.

The chart discusses about New Religious Movements (NRMs)

ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS

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Every religion has a cosmology/cosmogony to explain its view of the universe and the place of humans in it. Explain the cosmology/cosmogony for this week’s religion. Explain how it is manifested in the subsequent worldview that develops for that religion.

New Religious Movements is a collection of religious entities with a recent origin. The unconventional nature of NRMs makes it hard to define their perception on cosmology. Many NRMs have deviated from the traditional form of religion by embracing various forms of “technological innovation, therapy and medicine, economic enterprise, and global organization” (G. Bromley, 2018).

NATURE OF GOD/CREATOR

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In what way does this religion have a God or gods? How does this worship of deity/deities reflect the cosmology of the religion? If the religion has no God/gods, in what way does this absence reflect their cosmology?

A number of NRMs have sprouted as re-combinations of dominant traditional groups such as Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism each with their own view on God worship. Examples of such groups (Sectarian Religious Tradition and Alternative Religious Tradition) include: Marian Apparition at Clearwater, Cowboy Churches, and Calvary Chapel, Washington Buddhist Vihara, and Fire Walking among others.
Others represent novel religious concept different from other religions or simply combine existing traditions. Such include; The Church of Scientology, and Church of Satan.
 

VIEW OF HUMAN NATURE

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* State how this religion views human beings. What is human nature according to this religion? Why does the view of human nature matter?
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