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==Other technical terminology==
Since the 1980s, the term ''new religions'' or [[new religious movement|''new religious movements'']] has slowly entered into [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] usage alongside the word ''[[cult]]''. Some book titles use both terms.<ref>Richard Abanes, ''Cults, New Religious Movements, and Your Family'', Wheaton: Crossway, 1998.</ref><ref>Ronald Enroth ed. ''A Guide to New Religious Movements'', Downers Grove: IVP, 2005.</ref><ref>Ron Rhodes, ''The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions'', Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.</ref>

The acceptance of these alternatives to the word ''cult'' in evangelicalism reflects, in part, the wider usage of such language in the [[sociology of religion]].<ref>On sociological understandings see for example Eileen Barker, ''New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction'', London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1989. George D. Chryssides, ''Exploring New Religions'', London & New York: Cassell, 1999.Jacob Needleman & George Baker ed. ''Understanding the New Religions'', New York: Seabury Press, 1981. [[Mikael Rothstein]] & Reender Kranenborg ed. ''New Religions in a Postmodern World'', Aarhus, Denmark: Aargus University Press, 2003.</ref>