structures of religious institution: cult, sect, denomination
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Structures of ReligiousAssociations
Ecclesia.CULT & SectDenomination
How are
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?What is Ecclesia
A religious group that most all members of a society belong to.
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZE, OR OFFICIAL RELIGION
HOLDS A RELIGIOUS MONOPOLY
CLOSELY ALLIED WITH THE STATE AND SECULAR POWERS
INFLUENTIAL
Encompasses all members of a societyPeople are primarily born into the ecclesia, do not convertInfluential in government affairs
Cult
Cults, like sects, are new religiousgroups.
Almost all religions
BEGAN AS CULTS AND
GRADUALLY PROGRESSED
levels of grater size organization.to
New religious movement
Sect!
Less organized than denomination
Charismatic, less educated ministers
Growth by recruiting, rather than being born into church
Higher levels of devotion
Tend to draw recruits from lower classes
Offer completely new beliefs, rituals, and means of transcendence
Live in stark opposition to the world
Informally organized, led by self-styled, charismatic leadership
Recruit people who have economic and psychological deprivation
NRM
relativelySmall and
new group.
OCCASIONALLY, SECT IS BREAKAWAY GROUP THAT MAYBE A TENSION WITH A LARGER SOCIETY.
As sects grow, they may mellow and become an institutional religious body instead of a protesting group. If a sect survives over an extended period of time, it will probably become a denomination.
Pr test
Denomination
Church/denomination
Stable, institutional organization
Elaborate rituals and beliefs
Tolerant of religious pluralism and the secular world
Well-educated clergy
IS A LARGE, MAINSTREAM RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION DOES NOT CLAIM TO BE OFFICIAL OR STATE SPONSORED.
It is one
among many
religion
Catholic
Bureaucratic
Christian Denomination.
African Methodist EpiscopalBaptist Born again
Seventh-day Adventist
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