Types of religions
- Created by: _bella_
- Created on: 03-06-19 13:56
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- Types of religion
- Church
- largest rel. organisation
- claim monopoly of truth
- attract m/c
- NAM's
- Borrow from traditional religions and reinvent them in modern terms
- example being Yoga, feng shui and tarot
- Sects
- exclusive groups
- World rejecting
- Hostile towards wider society
- Members are usually oppressed/ marginalised
- Normally run by one charismatic leader (not bureaucratic)
- Cults
- World-affirming
- Highly individualistic
- Usually led by practitioners who claim special knowledge
- Loose-knit and usually small goupings
- Denominations
- Attract w/c
- World-accommodating
- Accept societies values but not linked to state
- May impose minor restrictions such as not drinking alchol, but aren't as demanding as sects
- Church
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