New ideas and new religions
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What sparked the development of a new subfield in academia in the 1970s?

  • The appearance of new religious movements in North America (correct)
  • The battles against minority religions
  • The murder/suicides at Jonestown, Guyana
  • The social unrest of the 1960s
  • What did early research efforts aim to do in regards to new religious movements?

  • Ignore the existence of these groups
  • Explore these groups from an academic perspective (correct)
  • Promote a biased view against these groups
  • Combat the controversies incited by these groups
  • Why was it initially assumed that the sudden burst of new religions was merely a passing phenomenon?

  • Absence of diverse movements at that time
  • Related to the social unrest of the 1960s (correct)
  • Influence of minority religions
  • Lack of public controversy incited by these groups
  • What event dramatically affected the study of new religions in its relative infancy?

    <p>The murder/suicides at Jonestown, Guyana, in November 1978</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did parents of young adults who had joined many of these groups do in response to their children's involvement?

    <p>Mounted fierce battles against what they termed cults</p> Signup and view all the answers

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