new religious movement

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Key People

Jim Jones

Jim Jones

American cult leader

Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley.

Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley

American theosophist

Li Hongzhi

Chinese-born religious leader

Helena Blavatsky

Helena Blavatsky

Russian spiritualist

Asahara Shoko

Japanese religious leader

Sun Myung Moon

Korean religious leader

Bhaktivedanta, A.C.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta

Indian religious leader and author

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Indian religious leader

Olcott, Henry Steel

Henry Steel Olcott

American theosophist

Bhaktipada

American religious leader

Father of Scientology

L. Ron Hubbard

American writer