ABSTRACT
The current state of NRM studies is assessed. Consideration is given to influential periodicals, venues in professional society meetings where NRM studies scholars can present their research, and other institutions that support that research (the Institute for the Study of American Religion, INFORM, and CESNUR). Also evaluated is the state of current publications by university presses and the attention given increasingly to teaching NRMs to undergraduates, as well as noting the lack of a steady graduate program to train NRM scholars. Sociology of religion no longer sees NRM studies as an important aspect of its own agenda. The future of NRM studies is speculated upon. Heretofore, scholars in NRM studies were reluctant to look to the future, having been trained as social scientists to stick to the facts and theories about the present. Yet NRM studies is indeed moving away from older scientific models, incorporating more history and cultural studies.
