The Violence of New Religious Movements and the Entrepreneurial Model: With a Focus on the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Korea

The main objective of this article is to introduce a new Korean religious movement, Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ) and to discuss some of its missionary strategies as a type of violence, which I believe the traditional models of new religious movement (NRM) and violence cannot duly explain. The S...

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Main Author: Lee, Song-Chong (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: The journal of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 103, Issue: 3, Pages: 313-337
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