Home›New Religious Movement›Giving Obligation Enforceability›Customary NormBrowse ByCustomary NormThis page groups religions by how strictly they treat charitable giving as an enforceable duty rather than a personal choice. Wikipedia notes that many religions hold value frameworks "meant to guide adherents in determining between right and wrong," codes such as Islam's sharia and Judaism's halakha among them. Browsing this way lets a visitor see which traditions treat giving as commanded and which leave it to individual conscience.FactsLearn MoreCustomary NormSourcesComments (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.Customary NormFilter Results3 entriesPlace of OriginAllChina (1)Japan (1)ScripturesAllMikagura-uta (1)Ofudesaki (1)Osashizu (1)Zhuan Falun (1)Founded ByAllHong Tao-Tze (1)Li Hongzhi (1)Nakayama Miki (1)Origin EraAll1838 (1)1966 (1)1992 (1)Conception of the DivineAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)Establishment StatusAllNo Establishment (1)Closed Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Kind of TraditionAllNew Religious Movement (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Falun GongCustomary NormTai Ji MenCustomary NormTenrikyoCustomary NormSources1. 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.