Sociology
World-affirming religions:
embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them
react against the loss of any meaningful religious content in the teachings of churches
adopt an attitude of mild disapproval towards mainstream social values
reject both the goals and means of conventional society and provide utopian alternatives
embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them
New religious movements, sometimes known as cults, have become increasingly significant in otherwise secular societies. There has been a growth of activity in Inspirational Pentecostalism, world-affirming religions, world-rejecting religions, and religions of ethnic protest. Wallis (1984) distinguished between world-rejecting religions, such as Hare Krishnas, which retreat from mainstream society and reject many of its values, and world-affirming religions, such as Scientology, which tolerate or even embrace these cultural values but suggest alternative means of achieving them, such as meditation or yoga. 430-433
embrace conventional cultural values but offer new means of achieving them New religious movements, sometimes known as cults, have become increasingly significant in otherwise secular societies. There has been a growth of activity in Inspirational Pentecostalism, world-affirming religions, world-rejecting religions, and religions of ethnic protest. Wallis (1984) distinguished between world-rejecting religions, such as Hare Krishnas, which retreat from mainstream society and reject many of its values, and world-affirming religions, such as Scientology, which tolerate or even embrace these cultural values but suggest alternative means of achieving them, such as meditation or yoga. 430-433
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