Home›New Religious Movement›Status Today›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups religions by their current standing, from a thriving global faith to one with only a small surviving community. Wikipedia notes that the Mandaeans, for example, "are the last surviving Gnostics from antiquity," a status very different from a religion still actively converting new adherents. Browsing by status today lets a visitor tell a living, growing tradition apart from one that survives only as a small remnant.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (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.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results17 entriesPlace of OriginAllAmazonia (3)California (1)Japan (3)Micronesia (1)New York (1)United States (3)DenominationsAllDivine Science (1)Religious Science (Centers for Spiritual Living) (1)Seicho-no-Ie (1)Unity (Unity School of Christianity) (1)ScripturesAllDonggyeong Daejeon (1)Konkokyo Kyoten (1)Mikagura-uta (1)Ofudesaki (1)Ofudesaki (Omoto) (1)Osashizu (1)Principia Discordia (1)Reikai Monogatari (1)Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad (1)The Mediums' Book (1)The Science of Mind (1)The Spirits' Book (1)Yongdam Yusa (1)Zhuan Falun (1)Founded ByAllAllan Kardec (1)Bobby Henderson (1)Choe Je-u (1)Daniel Pereira de Mattos (1)Deguchi Nao (1)Greg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger) (1)Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1)Henry Steel Olcott (1)José Gabriel da Costa (1)Kawate Bunjiro (Konko Daijin) (1)Kerry Thornley (Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst) (1)Li Hongzhi (1)Nakayama Miki (1)Onisaburo Deguchi (1)Paul Twitchell (1)Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1)Raimundo Irineu Serra (1)Son Byong-hui (1)William Quan Judge (1)State RecognitionAllNew Zealand (1)Sweden (1)Origin EraAll1838 (1)1848 (1)1857 (1)1859 (1)1860 (1)1875 (1)1880 (1)1892 (1)1915 (1)1930 (1)1945 (1)1961 (1)1963 (1)1965 (1)1992 (1)2005 (1)2010 (1)Conception of the DivineAllAncestor-centred (1)Emanationist: reality proceeds from an ineffable One (1)Henotheistic: a supreme being above served lesser divinities (1)Monotheistic: one God (11)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Establishment StatusAllNo Establishment (1)Closed Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)Partly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Giving Obligation EnforceabilityAllCustomary Norm (2)Sexuality PositionAllSame-sex marriage is performed and LGBT clergy are ordained on equal terms with heterosexual clergy (1)Same-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Adherents BandAllno dated series exists (1)Kind of TraditionAllNew Religious Movement (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17BarquinhaLiving tradition, practised todayCheondoismLiving tradition, practised todayChurch of the Flying Spaghetti MonsterLiving tradition, practised todayDiscordianismLiving tradition, practised todayEckankarLiving tradition, practised todayFalun GongLiving tradition, practised todayKonkokyoLiving tradition, practised todayKopimismLiving tradition, practised todayModekngeiLiving tradition, practised todayNew ThoughtLiving tradition, practised todayOmotoLiving tradition, practised todaySanto DaimeLiving tradition, practised todaySpiritismLiving tradition, practised todaySpiritualismLiving tradition, practised todayTenrikyoLiving tradition, practised todayTheosophyLiving tradition, practised todayUnião do VegetalLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. 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.