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This alphabetical list of New religious movements is based on lists compiled by the following sources:
Notes:
- Some movements are listed by the name of their founder, because the public identifies the founder with the movement, or because there is no name yet of the movement, or because the name is unknown.
- Known extinct new religious movements are designated as such.
A
- Ásatrú
- 3HO founded by Yogi Bhajan
- A Course in Miracles (ACIM)
- Adidam (The Way of the Heart) founded by Adi Da Samraj, born Franklin Albert Jones, also called Bubba Free John, Da Free John, and Da Love-Ananda
- Aetherius Society
- African Methodist Episcopalian Church
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- AME Church
- Amish
- Ananda Church of Self Realization
- Ananda Marga Yoga Society
- Andrew Cohen (founder)
- Anglo-Israelism
- Anima Universale founded by Swami Roberto
- Assemblies of God
- Association for Research and Enlightenment
- Atheism
- Atherius Society
- Aleph, formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo.
B
- Baha'i Faith
- Bala Sai Baba (founder)
- Baptists, Primitive
- Baptists, Southern
- Boston Church of Christ
- Brahma Kumaris
- Branch Davidians
- Branhamism founded by William Branham
- British-Israelism
- Brownsville Revival
- Bruderhof
- Buddhism
C
- Call to Renewal: Christians for a New Political Vision
- Calvary Chapel
- Campus Crusade for Christ
- Cao Daism
- Channeling
- Charismatic Movement
- Chen Tao (The Right Way)
- The Family the new name of the Children of God
- Chinmaya mission founded by Chinmayananda
- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (founder)
- Chopra, Deepak
- Christadelphians
- Christian and Missionary Alliance
- Christian Coalition
- Christian Identity Movement
- Christian Reconstructionism
- Christian Reformed Church in America
- Christian Science
- Christianity in Japan
- Church in Island Pond
- Church of God (Cleveland)
- Church of God International
- Church of Satan
- Church of Set
- Church of the Nazarene
- Church of the New Jerusalem
- Church Universal and Triumphant affiliated with The Summit Lighthouse
- Concerned Christians
D
E
- Eckankar
- Elan Vital
- Endeavor Academy founded by Charles Buell Anderson
- est
F
- Falun Gong
- Father Divine
- Feng Shui
- Findhorn Foundation
- First Church of Christ, Scientist
- Foundation of Human Understanding
- Foursquare Gospel Church
- Freemasonry
- Fundamentalism
G
H
- Hare Krishnas
- Hasidism
- Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO)
- Heaven's Gate (cult) (extinct)
- Hinduism
- Holy Order of MANS
- Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity
- Huguenots
- Hutterian Brethern of New York, Inc.
I
- I Am
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Institute of Noetic Sciences
- Integral Yoga
- International Church of Scientology
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
- International Churches Of Christ
- International Meditation Institute or more commonly referred to as Shyamspace founded by Swami Shyam's
- International Peace Mission Movement
- International Raelian Religion
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Ior Bock (founder)
J
- Islam
- Jainism
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jesus Army
- Jesus Fellowship Church
- Jesus Movement
- Jesus People USA
- Jonestown
K
- Kabbalah Centre
- Kabbalah
- Knights of Columbus
- Kofuku no Kagaku, also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness
- Konkokyo
L
- Landmark Education
- Latter Day Saints
- Latter Rain Movement
- Lifespring
- Lobsang Rampa aka Tuesday Lobsang Rampa aka Cyril Hoskin (founder)
- Local Church
- Lou de Palingboer (founder)
M
- Macumba/Condomble
- Sukyo Mahikari
- Maitreya
- Makuya
- Masada
- Masons
- Mata Amritanandamayi (founder)
- Meher Baba Groups
- Meher Baba (founder)
- Mennonites
- Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
- Methodist Church
- Millennium Prophecies
- Moody Bible Institute
- Moody Church
- Moonies
- Moral Rearmament
- Moravian Church
- Mormons (LDS)
- Mother Meera (founder)
- MOVE
- Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
- Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness
- MSIA
N
- Nation of Islam
- Nation of Yahweh
- National Baptist Convention, USA
- Native American Religions
- Nazarene
- Neo-druidism
- Neopaganism
- Neo-Paganism
- New Acropolis
- New Age
- New Creation Christian Community
- New Thought
- Nichiren Shoshu of America; Soka Gakkai
- Nichiren Shoshu
- Northeast Kingdom Community Church
- Northeast Kingdom Community Church aka Twelve Tribes
O
- Old Catholicism
- Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov (founder)
- Oneida Movement
- Opus Dei
- Order of the Solar Temple
- Osho-Rajneesh movement founded by Rajneesh/Osho
P
- Paramahansa Yogananda
- Pentacostalism
- Peoples Temple
- Peoples Temple (extinct)
- Philadelphia Church of God
- Primitive Baptists
- Process Church of the Final Judgment
- Promise Keepers
Q
R
- Radha Soami Satsang Beas
- Raelians
- Raëlism
- Rajnesshism
- Ramakrishna Order of the Vendanta Society
- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment
- Ramtha's School of Enlightenment
- Rastafari movement
- Rastafarianism
- Rebirthing
- Religion of Jesus Church
- Religious Science (United Church of)
- Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Restoration Movement (Churches of Christ, Disciples of Christ and churches of Christ
- Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
- Roman Catholicism
- Rosicrucian Order (AMORC)
S
- Sahaja Yoga
- Salem Witch Trials
- Salvation Army
- Sant Kirpal Singh (founder)
- Sant Mat and Radha Soami
- Santeria
- Satanism, The Church Of Satan The Temple of Set
- Sathya Sai Baba (founder)
- Scientific Pantheism
- Scientology
- Scientology
- Seicho-No-Ie Japanese new religion, but acquired also followers in Brazil and the United States
- Self Realization Fellowship founded by Paramahamsa Yogananda
- Seventh-Day Adventists
- Shakers
- Shamanism
- Shambhala International
- Shinreikyo
- Shinto
- Shirdi Sai Baba
- Siddha Yoga
- Sikh Dharma (Healthy)
- Sikhs
- Silva Mind Control (Silva Method)
- Snake Handlers
- Society of Friends
- Soka_Gakkai
- Solar Temple
- Southern Baptists
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Spiritual Discovery (Suma Ching Hai)
- Spiritualism
- Sri Aurobindo (founder)
- Sri Chinmoy
- Subud
- Sukyo Mahikari
- Suma Ching Hai (founder)
- Summum
- Swami Kriyananda founder of Ananda
- Swedenborgianism
- Synanon
- Synchronicity Contemporary Meditation
T
- Taoism
- Tenrikyo
- Thakar Sing (founder)
- the Brethren
- The Church of God (7th Day)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- The Emissaries of Divine Light
- The Family
- The Forum
- The Process
- The Temple of Set
- The Way International (the way)
- Theosophy
- Toronto Blessing
- Transcendental Meditation
- Transcendental_Meditation
- True Buddha School founded by Lu Sheng-yen
- Twelve Tribes
- Two X Twos
U
- UFO related: Atherius Society, Chen Tao (The Right Way), Heaven's Gate, Raelians, Unarius Academy of Science
- Unification Church
- Unitarian Universalist
- United Church of Religious Science
- United Methodist Church
- United Pentacostal Church International
- United Society of Believers
- Unity School of Christianity
- Universal Life Church
- Universal Negro Improvement Association
- Universal Peace Mission Movement
- Urantia Brotherhood
- Urantia
V
W
- Watchtower and Bible Tract Society
- Wicca
- Wicca
- Willow Creek Community Church
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Worldwide Church of God
- Zen Buddhism
- Zoroastrianism
References
- Barrett, D. V. The New Believers - A survey of sects, cults and alternative religions 2001 UK, Cassell & Co. ISBN 0304355925
- Hadden, Jeffrey K. and Douglas Cowan The New Religious Movements Homepage @The University of Virginia