Cults and Sects
- Created by: Sarah
- Created on: 27-01-15 15:38
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Sects:
- Not open to all members of the public
- Do not accept the state, the political or the economic systems
- Require a total commitment
- Claim to hold the 'monopoly of truth'
- No professional clergy - Charismatic leader
- Unconvential and Deviant
- They distance themselves from the wider society
- Worship lacks formal rituals
Origin:
- Social marginality: they target the disprivileged to bring self-respect and hope in future
- Relative deprivation: They provide a sense of community, and so improve peoples material situation
- Social dislocation: They provide a clear direction for those who afre confused in society (anomie)
Anomie:
- Natural or man made…
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