The Sect Church Cycle
According to Dalton Conley in the textbook You May Ask Yourself, “one explanation for the existence of so many Christian churches in the United States- Sects usually starts out by separating from an existing church because of disagreements over the direction or emphasis of the church. Over time, if the sect develops a large enough following, it may become a church in its own right and eventually another sect may splint off from it.” Christian churches can be the example for sect-church cycle, where they have Orthodox, Protestant, Lutheran, Reformed, Presbyterian and Methodist, which are some of the more known denominations. I don’t really have much knowledge about Christianity however, what I know is that they believe in Jesus Christ. Other religions have different sectors like Muslims have Sunni and Sia, Hindus have many like Brahmin and others. They all believe in their own teachings about their religion but there are sudden differences and practices they follow, which create sectors.
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It says in our textbook that “Religion has remained a powerful, constant backdrop in our society and often plays a starring role in social life.” Social change is similar to that of the sect-church. Society changes with what the majority believes in, but all of society does not have to believe in one thing. There are individuals that are more fundamentalists. There are also people who are advanced in society. However, there are usually common
It says in our textbook that “Religion has remained a powerful, constant backdrop in our society and often plays a starring role in social life.” Social change is similar to that of the sect-church. Society changes with what the majority believes in, but all of society does not have to believe in one thing. There are individuals that are more fundamentalists. There are also people who are advanced in society. However, there are usually common