Monopolism, Pluralism, Acceptance, and Rejection: An Integrated Model for Church-Sect Theory
A model for church-sect theory is developed to answer multiple criticisms of the field. The model is constructed from two intersecting bipolar continua which serve as heuristic devices for the embodiment of the interaction between religious groups and the larger social ssytem. Four theoretical conce...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1975
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Review of religious research
Year: 1975, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 174-185 |
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| Summary: | A model for church-sect theory is developed to answer multiple criticisms of the field. The model is constructed from two intersecting bipolar continua which serve as heuristic devices for the embodiment of the interaction between religious groups and the larger social ssytem. Four theoretical concepts--Monopolism, Pluralism, Acceptance, and Rejection--form the boundary-creating poles of two axes. Five types are developed. Four are based upon the quadrants of the paradigm; the fifth is a transitional anomic type located at the intersection of the continua. The model is illustrated from an analysis of the religious situations in England and America during the controversies that surrounded the quest for an Anglican episcopate in America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3510355 |