Interview with Toby Lester: ‘One of the debates that continually roils the field of New Religious Movements scholarship is whether a distinction can really be made between cults and new religions—after all, many of today’s established religious movements began on the fringes of society. Does this mean that the Hare Krishnas or the Wiccans could be the next big religion? It’s unlikely, but stranger things have happened. One thing is clear, though—a hundred years from now, our religious landscape will look radically different than it does now. “What new religious movements will come to light in the twenty-first century?” ‘ The Atlantic
