UO-US-PS-PO: A Restatement of Troeltsch's Church-Sect Typology

The church-sect typology has come under increasing criticism as a tool for research in the sociology of religion. It is a problem which is inherent in the construction of and use of ideal types. Troeltsch's work is re-examined and it is argued that the central characteristics originally used we...

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Main Author: Gustafson, Paul M. 1919-2009 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1967]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1967, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-68
Further subjects:B Ideal Type
B Social perception
B Churches
B Universalism
B Observational frames of reference
B Religious Ethics
B Social Ethics
B Collectivities
B Christian Ethics
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