Issues And Debates Flashcards
Why do sects form?
Marginality
Relative deprivation
Social change
What is marginality?
Where people are pushed out of mainstream society which creates theodicy of disprivilege
What is the theodicy of disprivilege?
This is a religious way for the justification of poverty.
What is evaluation for marginality?
The concept doesn’t allow you to explain why white, middle class groups become marginal members of society. Why would rich people join sects, so it’s not just the poor
What is social change?
The development of society over time
Why do sects form in social change? Examples?
Sects form in periods of social change because social change creates anomie which creates uncertainty leading to people forming/joining sects.
Methodism is an example of a sect that arises as a response to chaos and uncertainty and offer support and solution.
Bruce - emergence of sects is the result of modernisation and secularisation.
What does Gemeinschaft mean?
Pre-industrial strong community e.g. Amish (so it’s when people know how to behave).
What does Gesellschaft mean?
Which is association on your own more
What did Niebuler (1929) say why sects are short-lived?
He believed that they can’t survive after one generation wither they’d die or become denomination.
