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Discovery shock of the non-christian religions (II)
Jakov Jukić
Abstract
After describing the main non-christian sects it was necessary in this
second article ito point out to some dangers and negative aspects which
these sects may bring im th eir wake. The author investigates three main failures of the new religious movements: their succumbing to the consumer mentality, their adoption of secular technologies, and, finally, their ignorance that the source of their primal inspiration — the world of the old eastern religions-slowly vanishes and dies away. Yet these aberrations should not be overemphasised and exagerrated, because they form a relatively minor part of the life of the described sects and movements. From a sociological point of view th e morality of these new non-christian movements is not after all so important as their religious zeal and the ardour of th eir followers. Such a method of investigation could once become a fruitful starting point to determine the final sense of the non-christian religious communities in contemporary society.
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Hrčak ID:
90146
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Publication date:
17.3.1980.
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