Editing New religious movement (section)

===Scriptures===
Some NRMs venerate unique [[Religious text|scriptures]], while others reinterpret existing texts,<ref>[[John Bowker (theologian)|John Bowker]], 2011, ''The Message and the Book'', UK, [[Atlantic Books]], pp. 13–14</ref> utilizing a range of older elements.{{sfn|Hammer|Rothstein|2012|p=7}} They frequently claim that these are not new but rather forgotten truths that are being revived.{{sfn|Hammer|Rothstein|2012|p=8}}  NRM scriptures often incorporate modern [[scientific]] knowledge, sometimes with the claim that they are bringing unity to science and religion.<ref>{{cite book | last=Zeller | first=Benjamin |author-link=Benjamin E. Zeller | title=Prophets and Protons: New Religious Movements and Science in Late Twentieth-Century America | publisher=New York University Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-0-8147-9721-1 | pages=10–15}}</ref>  Some NRMs believe that their scriptures are received through [[mediums]].<ref>''The Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements'', [[George D. Chryssides]], [[Benjamin E. Zeller]], A&C Black, 2014, p. 214</ref> ''[[The Urantia Book]]'', the core scripture of the Urantia Movement, was published in 1955 and is said to be the product of a continuous process of [[revelation]] from "celestial beings" which began in 1911.{{sfn|Gardner|1995|p=11}}  Some NRMs, particularly those that are forms of [[occultism]], have a prescribed system of courses and grades through which members can progress.{{sfn|Barrett|2001|p=57}}