An Alternative to Church-Sect
Criticism of the church-sect typology leads to the conclusion that a multidimensional model of analysis needs to replace the typological method. A proposed alternative is founded on the proposition that religious institutions organize religious experience into structures of authority, which can be a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[1974]
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| In: |
Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1974, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 191-204 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious experience philosophy
B Religious symbolism B Protestant Ethics B Religious Institutions B Symbolism B Religious rituals B Religious buildings B Gnosticism B Normativity |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Criticism of the church-sect typology leads to the conclusion that a multidimensional model of analysis needs to replace the typological method. A proposed alternative is founded on the proposition that religious institutions organize religious experience into structures of authority, which can be analyzed along four dimensions--symbolism, structure, intensity, and pervasiveness. Various uses of this method are suggested and two cases are evaluated by it. An argument is advanced that the method may have the cross-cultural applicability which church-sect theory has lacked. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1384379 |
