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Old New Religions: the Search for Salvation Chapter 9 Lehman Myers Old New Religions: The Search for Salvation Culture- in social groups, culture is continuously changing, fast at times, and slow at others. Religion change is also continuous and universal. Changes in society, through culture and religion have resulted in various forms of Revitalization movements. Revitalization Movements: “are deliberate organized attempts by some members of a society to construct a more satisfying culture by rapid acceptance of a pattern of multiple innovations” (Lehman) Types of Religious Movements Revitalization Movements- most dramatic: Reactionary character- a result of real or imagined conditions that create a demand for change. Nativistic Movements- emphasis on the elimination of alien persons, customs, values material from the *mazeway. Cargo Cults- emphasis on the importation of alien values, customs material into the mazeway, arriving as a ship’s cargo. Millenarian Movements- emphasis on the changes in the mazeway through an apocalyptic world transformation by a supernatural being. Messianic Movements- emphasis on the actual participation of a divine savior in human flesh, bringing the desired changes to the mazeway *Mazeway- mental image of society and its customs by adapting one’s body and behavior to fit this system. Revitalization Movements Revitalization- bringing new vigor happiness to society. The religious character may also be that traditional institutions are not able to adopt respond to social changes. European colonists imposing Christianity Spaniards imposing Catholicism to Latin American indigenous people Religious Terms Church- larger community’s view of the acceptable type of religious organization (Lehman). Cult- a more casual, loosely organized group with fluctuating membership sharing with other religious organizations. Sect- refers to a protest group generally small, defiant to the world. (4 types of sects) 4 Types of Sects- based on ideolo