User:Akeiah/Evaluate an Article

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(Provide a link to the article here.)Cognitive science of new religious movements

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I am fascinated by the diverse religious belief systems held by people and the factors that motivate individuals to transition from one belief to another or to embrace non-belief.

Evaluate the article
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The first thing i noticed about this article was that it uses a lot of different studies but does not show what information they got from those studies. The article also stated that this movement started Iin the 1990s but jumped around throughout different eras which was distracting to me. It would be nice to see how cognitive science approaches apply to the information discussed in this article. I do not feel that the connection was clear. This article only came from a western perspective and religion varies across the world.