The classification of religious beliefs into three types — World-Affirming, World-Accommodating, and World-Rejecting — was developed by sociologist Roy Wallis as part of his typology of New Religious Movements (NRMs).

Here’s a Notion-compatible explanation with examples:

🧘 Types of Religious Beliefs (Roy Wallis Classification)

1️⃣ World-Affirming Religions

• View of the World: The world is fundamentally good and can be improved with spiritual or inner growth.
• Focus: Individual success, self-improvement, personal growth within the existing social system.
• Examples:
  • Scientology
  • Transcendental Meditation
  • New Age movements
• Sociological Insight:
  • Often closer to therapies or self-help movements than traditional religion.
  • Do not demand radical lifestyle changes.

🧩 They do not reject or criticize the world — they help individuals succeed in it.

2️⃣ World-Accommodating Religions

• View of the World: The world is neither wholly good nor evil; religious focus is separate from worldly affairs.
• Focus: Spiritual life and personal salvation without radically rejecting or embracing the secular world.
• Examples:
  • Traditional Christianity (especially Pentecostalism)
  • Neo-Hindu sects that stress inner spirituality
• Sociological Insight:
  • These movements emphasize religious experience but do not try to change the world.
  • Aim to co-exist with mainstream society.

🧩 They separate the spiritual from the secular but try to accommodate both.

3️⃣ World-Rejecting Religions