2 reasons why w/c more likely to join sects

Question 1

marginality - weber

Answer 1

sects provide theodicy of disprivilege - religious explanation for low position in society - a test from god and they’ll be rewarded in the afterlife

sects give a sense of community and belonging because they’re close knit - nation of islam recuited young, black w/c men

Question 2

marginality criticism

Answer 2

sects are short lived - protestant work ethic effect means members are encouraged to work hard but once they gain benefits of this, they’re no longer marginalised and so leave the sect.

Question 3

relative deprivation - stark and bainbridge

Answer 3

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

Question 4

relative deprivation criticism

Answer 4

ignores m/c who can also experience relative deprivation.