Any religion originating in recent centuries having characteristic traits including eclecticism and syncretism, a leader who claims extraordinary powers, and a "countercultural" aspect.
Regarded as outside the mainstream of society, NRMs in the West are extremely diverse but include millennialist movements (e.g., the Hare Krishna movement ), so-called "scientific" groups (e.g., Scientology ), and nature religions (see Neo-Paganism ). In the East they include China's 19th-century Taiping movement (see Taiping rebellion ) and present-day Falun Gong movement, Japan's Tenrikyo and PL Kyodan , and Korea's Ch'ondogyo and {{link=Unification Church">Unification Church . Some NRMs fade away or meet tragic ends; others, such as the Mormon church, eventually become accepted as mainstream.