In 100‒300 words, post to the Discussion Area your responses to one of the following:

Evangelical Christians and others have tended to refer to certain religious groups as “cults,” whereas academics refer them as new religious movements. How are these terms defined theologically and academically, and what are your thoughts on the suggestion by a growing number of Christian scholars that the pejorative nature of the “cult” label hinders understanding and witness?

When people think of “cults” or new religions, certain infamous groups come to mind such as the Peoples’ Temple of Jonestown, the Heaven’s Gate UFO group suicides, and Scientology. How do “suicide cults” and other elements inform stereotypes of new religions?

New religions are connected to world religious traditions and are also classified by scholars in various ways. What types of new religions are discussed in Understanding New Religious Movements, where and how would you classify Mormonism and New Age, and why?

The textbook reading discusses the “heresy-rationalist apologetic” approach to new religions, popular among Evangelicals. Despite its popularity in Christian bookstores and ministries, what are the weaknesses of this approach?

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