Swedenborgian Church / New Church (mainstream)
Mainstream Swedenborgian / New Church tradition based on Emanuel Swedenborg's writings (1745+). Substantial influence on later New Age and Spiritualism.
CLCI radar
BITE breakdown
0 — Swedenborgian / New Church tradition; mainstream low-control.
Profile facts
In context
Swedenborg's claimed visions of heaven and hell (Heaven and Hell, 1758) inspired the New Church (Latin: Nova Hierosolyma). Substantial historical influence on later movements including Spiritualism, Theosophy, and New Thought. Mainstream voluntary tradition.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Evidence by BITE axis
- mainstream low-control
Timeline
- 1758Heaven and Hell published
- 1787First Swedenborgian church organised
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
| Title | Type | Reliability | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish philosopher · archive | Organisation | Tertiary | — |
| Swedenborgian House of Studies | Academic | Secondary | — |
Sources
- Various academic studies search ↗
- Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish philosopher — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emanuel-Swedenborg/His-theology open ↗
- Swedenborgian House of Studies — http://www.shs.psr.edu/studia/index.asp?article_id=65 open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗ runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: academic sources. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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