Religious Organisations Flashcards
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Weber
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Typology of religious organisations Church Sects Cults Denominations
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Church
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Large membership Inclusive Professional roles Acceptance of wider society Monopoly of truth Bureaucratic
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Sect
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Small exclusive
Total commitment
Opposite to wider society
Charismatic leader
4
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Cult
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Small Individualistic Mystical Informal Short lived
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Denomination
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Large inclusive membership
Bureaucratic
Acceptance of wider society and religious diversity
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Criticisms
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Eurocentric - focuses on Christianity ignores other faiths
Dated - doesn’t reflect religious pluarity
Lacks validity
7
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Wallis
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3 types of new religious movements (NRM)
- World accommodating - more convenient with stronger links with mainstream religions. Offer strong direct experience from god including belief that Holy Spirit enables members to speak in tongues. Members of this group tend to lead normal life’s. Developed because members with disillusioned with the established churches
- World affirming - Scientology offered to people ways of coping with their aspirations, status and power
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Weber theodicy of disprivilege
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Relative deprivation - explain the phenomenon of affluent groups joint religious sects. M/c become marginalised despite material comfort and feel deprived of community
