2 reasons why sects recruit members from particular social groups

Question 1

weber - marginality - theodicy of disprivilege

Answer 1

weber - sects appeal to marginal groups by offering solution to situations - theodicy of disprivilege - religious explanation and justification for their suffering
e.g - nation of islam recruits successfully among disadvantaged black men in USA

Question 2

stark and bainbridge - relative deprivation - compensators

Answer 2

w/c feel materially deprived and sects offer compensators for what they lack on earth by promising rewards in afterlife so they join world rejecting sects.
m/c join world affirming NRMs which allow them to further their wealth