After the end of World War II, so-called New Religious Movements (NRM) emerged as branches of the traditional religions. These NRM’s are characterized by new ways of forming belief systems and has traditions that are different from the conventional religions. The main purpose of this study was to investigate and study how the Korean founder Sun Myung Moon of the NRM, Family Federation of World Peace and Unification, depict and portray the two genders in his proclamations about human salvation. In addition, the study applied a gender theoretical framework, in order to interpret Moon’s depiction of how gender is described in relation to his doctrine of salvation. What emerge along the course of study was that the path to salvation, depicted in reverent Moon’s enunciations, was the faith in Jesus and the relationship between the man and woman. The study also illustrated that the elimination of evil, such as Satan and the ideology of communism, is the foundation to establish the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. In conclusion, the salvation of mankind is fulfilled through reverent Moon, as the second Messiah, through the marriage and the reproduction of sinless children. In summary, reverent Moon’s proclamations in his theology, often advocate and encourage the traditional gender roles. Moreover, the theoretical framework visualizes that Moon, in his theology, is depicting a dichotomy and hierarchy among the genders and thereby embraces a conservative view of gender roles. The didactic relevance of this study is the importance to illustrate gender perspective and gender roles within the teaching of religion. That is because it may counteract stereotypical perceptions among students.

The previous research in the field of new religious movements has mostly focused on the spectacular parts where phenomena such as “brainwashing” and the “charismatic leader” have attracted both media and the scientific studies of religion. Professor Liselotte Frisks has done several enquiries about sects and new religious movements in Sweden. One of her main conclusions is that the relation between these new religious movements and the rest of society has changed; a relation that used to be characterized by conflicts and tension is now becoming more open as both parts are changing. This study does not focus on the spectacular parts. Instead I have studied something more common and general. I have studied how members from new religious movements are apprehending subjects as school and education. I have chosen two well-known religious movements: the church of Scientology and the Family Federation of World Peace and Unification. My comprehensive purpose is to analyze the members' opinions and views, to see whether their ideas are on terms with what the majority says or if it differs from the norm. My conclusion is that the members of the Church of Scientology criticize the Swedish school system. They find it too theoretical and believe that there is not enough focus on aspects such as word-understanding. The Church of Scientology has their own pedagogy which is based on word-understanding. The members of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification shared the opinion of the majority to a larger extent, as they did not prescribe such harsh critics about the school. However, they do believe that the school has to take a huge responsibility raising the students since many young people of today come from broken families. Strong families are one of the corner pillars of this movement.