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RST 2603 E-portfolio
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
RST 2603 New Religious Movements - E-portfolio (2019). Portfolio submitted as final project in RST 2603 module.
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RST2603E-PORTFOLIO
RTS2603
E-portfolio
i
, RST2603
E-PORTFOLIO
I declare that this e-Portfolio is entirely my own work. Where I have quoted the contributions of
others, this has been indicated by means of an academically acceptable citation system.
Signed
October 2019
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, RST2603
E-PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item Description Page no.
1. TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY AND TYPOLOGY
1.1 Defining the term: New Religious Movement 1
1.2 A brief biography of the founders of three NRM’s
1.2.1 Spiritualism 1
1.2.2 Scientology 3
1.2.3 Desteni 3
2. LITERATURE AND REPORTING ON NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; REPORTS ON
BRAINWASHING, VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH
2.1 New religious movements in scholarly literature and the media
2.2.1 Scientology 6
2.1.2 Desteni 7
2.2 Brainwashing, mental health and violence in New Religious Movements
2.2.1 Scientology 8
2.2.2 Desteni 9
3. DISCUSSION OF A NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO CLASSIFICATION,
ITS FOUNDER, TYPOLOGY AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Why can the Unification Church be classified as a New Religious Movement? 12
3.2 Career of Sun Myung Moon and circumstances surrounding the movement’s
‘ founding 12
3.3 Typology 13
3.4 Methodology 13
4. MEDIA REPORTING, BRAINWASHING, VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH CLAIMS IN THE
UNIFICATION CHURCH
4.1 Media reporting 15
4.2 Claims of brainwashing in the Unification Church 15
4.3 Relationship between mental illness and membership of the Unification Church 16
5. REASONS FOR JOINING NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS / MODULE FEEDBACK
5.1 Why do people join the Spiritualist movement? 18
5.2 Evaluation of the RST2603 Module 18
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