Church-Sect and Cult: Bringing Mysticism Back in
The concept “cult” is discussed in light of recent attempts to relate it to church-sect theory. In a quest for a theoretically consistent and fruitful sociology of religious movements, the asceticism-mysticism continuum, rather than church-sect, is more appropriate to analyses of the origins of new...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1981
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1981, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-26 |
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Summary: | The concept “cult” is discussed in light of recent attempts to relate it to church-sect theory. In a quest for a theoretically consistent and fruitful sociology of religious movements, the asceticism-mysticism continuum, rather than church-sect, is more appropriate to analyses of the origins of new religious groups. Cult-order is urged as a better typological framework than church-sect-denomination for conceptualizing formative organizational processes. |
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ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3709699 |