摘要
Nowadays with the rise of social and economic developments of China and the closer international exchanges,problems of new religions have emerged.They have become a cultural phenomenon concerned by the whole society.Moreover,it is an important issue any government has to face.This thesis reviews the research work on new religions in Chinese academics from three aspects:(1)a classification of related concepts;(2)the emergence of new religions;and(3)how to understand and deal with the problems,attempting to distinguish theoretically“new religions”from“cults”.Thus,the paper tries to provide conceptual suggestions to academics and governments.
