Why do sects and new religious movements grow
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- Created on: 05-06-22 13:07
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- Why do sects and NRMs grow?
- Marginalisation
- Minority groups at the edges of society lack power and economic resources and religion therefore supports them
- Theodicy of disprivilege - Weber
- Wilson: Certain life/societal circumstances may lead to marginalisation
- War and disaster
- Economic depression and collapse
- Leads to increased membership of sects and WRM
- Minority groups at the edges of society lack power and economic resources and religion therefore supports them
- Relative deprivation
- Middle class - Wallis
- Feel materially or spiritually deprived so join world affirming movements or cults to achieve personal fulfilment
- Working class - Marx
- Capitalism causes us to seek perfection due to consumer culture which cannot be truly achieved
- Causes relative deprivation and this leads to higher rates of joining religious organisations
- Capitalism causes us to seek perfection due to consumer culture which cannot be truly achieved
- Middle class - Wallis
- Social change - Wilson
- Sects arise during trapid social change when the norms are disrupted because the universe of meaning changes
- Security is sought. In religious organisations because they share. Norms
- World accommodating movements, sects and denominationsrise
- Marginalisation
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