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The paper looks at the rising religious movements, organized and otherwise, in America today. It examines the problems in society which draw people to these movements. The paper looks at Islam, Scientology, Eastern religions and Evangelicalism, as well as several other religions and cults.

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"A second group, usually distinct from the devout Evangelicals is what is now considered "The Christian Right". While it tried to include more Southern religious groups, especially Baptists, the movement is spreading for two reasons: there is a determined effort to re-discover and examine the need for religious practice, and second, there is an opportunity for political power. Interestingly enough, prior to the use of the Trinity (Christian) Broadcasting Network, owned by Pat Robertson for strictly political agendas (he himself once tried to run for President as a Republican), there was no single religious political force. It began to be energized in the Reagan Years, under the theme of "the moral majority"."

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