Reconceptualizing Types of Religious Organization: Dominant, Sectarian, Alternative, and Emergent Tradition Groups

One important theoretical task in the study of religion is distinguishing among the different organizational forms that religious groups assume. The most influential typology of religious organization has been based upon distinctions of church, denomination, sect, and cult. However, the various form...

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Authors: Bromley, David G. (Author) ; Melton, J. Gordon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2012
In: Nova religio
Year: 2012, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 4-28
Further subjects:B Church
B Sect
B cultural alignment
B social alignment
B Typology
B emergent group
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