Past Events
International Conferences:
- ‘Minority Religions: Contemplating the Past and Anticipating the Future’, 31 January – 2 February 2014 at the London School of Economics, organised by Inform in celebration of Inform’s 25th anniversary and including a book launch for the Ashgate-Inform book series. The complete programme, with all speaker bios and abstracts, can be found here.
- ‘Twenty Years and More: Research into Minority Religions, New Religious Movements and “The New Spirituality,” 16 – 20 April 2008 at the London School of Economics. Organised by Inform and CESNUR in association with ISORECEA. A complete programme and some of the papers for this conference can be found here.
- ‘The Spiritual Supermarket: Religious Pluralism and Globalisation in the 21st Century: The Expanding European Union and Beyond’ at the London School of Economics, 19 – 23 April 2001; Organised by Inform and CESNUR. A programme of this conference is available here.
- ‘New Religions and the New Europe’ at the London School of Economics, March 1993; Organised by Inform, CESNUR and ISAR.
Inform Public Seminars and Events:
(Programmes may be obtained by contacting Inform).
- New Religious Responses to the Climate Crisis – Radical Environmentalism and Protest (December 2022 – recording here)
- New Media and New Religiosity – Possibilities and Pitfalls? (July 2022 – recording here)
- Book Launch – Radical Transformations in Minority Religions (February 2022 – recording here)
- Transformations of Paganism – Identity and Practice (December 2021 – recording here)
- ‘Cult’ Rhetoric in 21st Century Thursday (June 2021- recording here)
- Book Launch: Reactions to the Law by Minority Religions edited by Eileen Barker and James T. Richardson (April 2021 – recording here)
- Becoming religious – how and why beliefs and practices are transmitted (January 2021 – recording here)
- Sexual Abuse framed by Faith or Belief (July 2020 – recording here).
- Immortality: Beliefs and Practice (February 2020).
- ‘How Minority Religions React to the Law’ (June 2019)
- Health and Healing in Minority Religions (November 2018).
- Minority Religions and Extremism in Schools and on Campus (November 2016).
- Satanic Abuse Scare in the UK, 25 Years On (July 2016) (Video available here).
- New Religious Radicalisms (May 2016).
- Children, Minority Religions, and the Law (October 2015).
- Innovation, Violence and Paralysis: How Do Minority Religions Cope with Uncertainty? (February 2015).
- Minority Religions and Schooling (December 2014).
- New Religious Movements and Counselling (May 2013).
- Changing Beliefs and Schisms in New Religious Movements (December 2012).
- Prophecy in the New Millennium: When Prophecies Persist (May 2012).
- Legal Cases Involving Minority Religions (December 2011).
- African New Religions in the West (May 2011).
- State Reactions to Minority Religions (November 2010).
- Cults and Crime (April 2010).
- New Movements within the Islamic Tradition (November 2009).
- Intentional Communities (May 2009).
- New Religions and Prophecy (November 2008).
- Adults who grew up in NRMs (November 2007).
- NRMs, Death and Dying (May 2007).
- New Religious Movements and Politics (November 2006).
- Spirit Possession and Exorcism (May 2006).
- New Religious Movements and Gender (November 2005).
- New Religious Movements and ‘Outside’ Marriage (May 2005).
- Growing Up in a New Religion (November 2004).
- How Dangerous are the New Religions? (May 2004).
- Joining New Religions: Conversion or Coercion? (November 2003).
- New Religious Movements and the Hereafter (May 2003).
- Strange Encounters of the Religious Kind (November 2002).
- New Religious Movements and Higher Education (May 2002).
- New Religious Movements and Parenting (November 2001).
- New Religious Movements and Law Enforcement (December 2000).
- New Religious Movements and the Internet (May 2000).<
- New Religious Movements and Rites of Passage (November 1999).
- New Religions and the Family (May 1999).
- New Religious Movements at the Millennium (November 1998).
- New Movements Within the Christian Churches (May 1998).
- New Religious Movements and the Media (November 1997).
- New Religious Movements and Violence (May 1997).
- New Religious Movements and Money (December 1996).
- Sexuality and New Religious Movements (May 1996).
- The Millennium (December 1995).
- New Religious Movements and Education (April 1995).
- New Religious Movements and Mental Health (December 1994).
- New Religious Movements and the Law (May 1994).
- Twenty Years On (December 1993).
- Humanistic Psychology and the Human Potential Movement (November 1992).
- Children in New Religious Movements (March 1992).
- Leaving New Religious Movements (November 1991).
- Our Body – Friend or Foe? (April 1991).
- Authority & Dependence and New Religious Movements (November 1990).
- The New Age (April 1990).
- ‘A Practical Introduction to New Religious Movements’ Launch of New Religious Movements: A Practical Introduction by the Archbishop of Canterbury (November 1989).
- Former Members’ Perspectives on New Religious Movements (March 1989).
- Counselling and the New Religious Movements (June 1988).
Specialist Workshops
- Revisionism and Diversification in New Religious Movements (December 2012).
- New Religions and Ageing (November 2009).
- Children at Risk? Possession, Witchcraft and Exorcism (December 2005).
- The Church and Contemporary Paganism: A Seminar for Clergy and Religious Professionals (July 2003).
- New Religious Movements: A Seminar for Clergy and Religious Professionals (June 2001).
- New Religious Movements: The Churches’ Response, A Seminar for Clergy and Religious Professionals (November 1992).

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