Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)


the Scientology

Социологический анализ вероучения и социальной организации новых религиозных движений в России

This article describes and analyzes the dogma and social organization of new religious movements (NRM) according to the author’s classification. The classifi cation was created on the basis of such criteria as the NRM interaction with society and traditional religions, geography, dogma and legal status. The fi nal analysis characterizes the movements which activities are prohibited or restricted in Russia. As a result, it is believed that Jehovah’s Witnesses is a neo-Christian old foreign (incorporated) alternative NRM of the fi rst wave, opposite to the social order.