Why Did Sociologists Adopt the Term "New Religious Movements" to Describe

question 48

Multiple Choice

Why did sociologists adopt the term "new religious movements" to describe cults?

• A)in an effort to appeal to the youth culture of the 1960s and 1970s
• B)in an effort to standardize language among social scientists in related fields
• C)in an effort to legitimize the study of cults
• D)in an effort to use a more neutral term

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