Normative religion

Normative religion describes the social boundaries of religious identity at a macro-level, particularly for the named world religions. It has a broader definition than theological orthodoxy, including all those commonly accepted within the religion as a social group of mutual identification, for example with connected liberal tendencies. Normative religion is often contrasted with that of new [religious movements], such that the Nation of Islam is considered outside of "normative Islam" and Messianic Judaism outside of "normative Judaism".