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=== Scholars ===

Sociologist [[Eileen Barker]] and sociologist of religion [[James A. Beckford]] both classified Landmark and its predecessor organization ''est'' as a "[[new religious movement]]" (NRM).<ref>{{harvnb|Barker|1996|p=126}}: "To illustrate rather than to define: among the better-known NRMs are the Brahma Kumaris, the Chuch of Scientology, the Divine Light Mission (now known as Elan Vital), est (Erhard Seminar Training, now known as the Landmark Forum), the Family (originally known as the Children of God), ISKCON (the Hare Krishna), Rajneeshism (now known as Oslo International), Sahaja Yoga, the Soka Gakkai, Transcendental Meditation, the Unification Church (known as the Moonies) and the Way International."</ref><ref name=Barker_2004 /><ref name=Barker_2005 /> <ref>{{cite book |last=Beckford |first=James A. |author-link=James A. Beckford |editor1-first=Phillip Charles |editor1-last=Lucas |editor2-first=Thomas |editor2-last=Robbins | editor2-link = Thomas Robbins (sociologist) |title=New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WW-XcDe-IMEC |year=2004 |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon and New York |isbn= 0-415-96576-4 |chapter=New Religious Movements and Globalization | page=256 }}</ref>{{request quotation|date=June 2021}} <ref>{{harvnb|Beckford|2003|p=156}}:"[...] post-countercultural religious movements such as Erhard Seminars Training (now the Landmark Forum) [...]."</ref> Sociologist of religion [[Thomas Robbins (sociologist)|Thomas Robbins]] says that Landmark could be considered an NRM.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Robbins |first1= Thomas |author-link1= Thomas Robbins (sociologist) |last2= Lucas |first2= Philip Charles |year= 2007 |chapter= From 'Cults' to New Religious Movements: Coherence, Definition, and Conceptual Framing in the Study of New Religious Movements |editor1-last= Beckford |editor1-first= James A. |editor1-link= James A. Beckford |editor2-last= Demerath |editor2-first= N. Jay |title= The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vA8edg7bv0kC |page= 229 |isbn= 978-1-4462-0652-2 |access-date= December 19, 2020 |quote= [...] many other types of groups have emerged that could fall under the purview of NRM study. We have suggested some of these in the above paragraph. Others might include [...] religio-therapy groups such as Avatar, Mindspring, and Landmark Forum [...]. }}

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