The Seventh-day Adventists: Heretics of American Civil Religion

Seventh-day Adventism is the least understood of American religious movements. It is argued here that the sect has defined its identity in contradistinction to precisely those elements of the host culture that have constituted “civil religion,” and that the deviation is heretical in nature. This ana...

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Main Author: Bull, Malcolm (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 1989
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1989, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-187
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Summary:Seventh-day Adventism is the least understood of American religious movements. It is argued here that the sect has defined its identity in contradistinction to precisely those elements of the host culture that have constituted “civil religion,” and that the deviation is heretical in nature. This analysis not only provides a model for the study of Adventism; it also suggests that “civil religion” has been sufficiently differentiated to generate an identifiable heresy.
ISSN:2325-7873
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3710988