Home›New Religious Movement›DenominationsBrowse ByDenominationsThis page groups religions by how many internal denominations or branches they have split into over time. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism alone, having separated from the Catholic Church in the Reformation, "is split into thousands of denominations." Browsing this way lets a visitor see which traditions have stayed largely unified and which have fragmented into many distinct bodies.FactsLearn MoreDenominationsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedReligions founded in the modern era, usually around a living founder and a new revelation or a new reading of an old one. The label describes age and origin and passes no judgement on legitimacy. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard category in the sociology of religion, adopted deliberately from the 1970s in place of cult, which had come to deliver a verdict rather than a description. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedReligions 1Learn MoreNew religious movements This group gathers new religious movements: religions and spiritual movements that emerged in the modern period, typically in the nineteenth, twentieth or twenty-first centuries, often around a founder, a new revelation or a fresh synthesis of older sources. The browser will find a varied set of movements, ranging from established faiths to small and sometimes controversial groups. The atlas describes each in its own terms, records its documented history, and notes controversy where it is well attested, without either endorsing or dismissing.DenominationsFilter Results4 entriesBasis of the Humanitarian Aid FigureAllThe Body's Own Published Statistics (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllChurch-Reported Rolls (2)Church FamilyAllNew Thought (3)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllAn impersonal universal Mind or Principle reached through directed thought, not petition (3)No fixed pantheon or liturgy; each practitioner composes their own (1)GovernanceAllA federation of autonomous member organisations (1)A single central governing body over the whole movement (2)Congregational: each congregation self-governing (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (3)Humanitarian Aid Figure As OfAll2021-12-31 (1)2022-12-31 (1)Liturgical LanguageAllThe vernacular (4)Membership Figure As OfAll1935-01-01 (1)1953-01-01 (1)2010-12-01 (1)OrdinationAllAn unpaid lay ministry rather than a professional clergy (1)Open to women and men (3)Origin Period End YearAll1889 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1880 (1)1889 (1)1926 (1)1930 (1)Place of OriginAllJapan. (1)Kansas City, United States. (1)San Francisco and Denver, United States. (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (2)Relation to the StateAllNo Establishment (3)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareDivine ScienceDenominations1 entryReligious Science (Centers for Spiritual Living)Denominations1 entrySeicho-no-IeDenominations1 entryUnity (Unity School of Christianity)Denominations1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. New Religious Movements: A Practical Introductiontier 1Eileen Barker, HMSO, 1989View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.