Concept information
Preferred term
religious movements
Definition
- A religious movement is an organized effort that intends to bring about religious reforms. Many religious movements also have political goals because the kinds of reforms they want appear possible only by altering, sometimes fundamentally, political and/or social contexts and arrangements in which they operate. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Religious Movements]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/religious_movements
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