You May Ask Yourself Analysis
Rita Sobhy
Discussion #16
Dalton Conley talks about the sect-church cycles in “You May Ask Yourself”. She separates the term sects and churches. According to her book sociologist consider different religious organizations as churches or sects. She states “churches are religious bodies that coexist in a relatively low state of tension with their social surroundings. They have mainstream, safe beliefs and practices relative to those of the general population.” Conley 644. She basically says that they are groups of people that have the same belief and come together in one place to share those beliefs. She describes sects as “high tension bodies that don’t fit so well within the existing social environment.” Conley furthers her discussion about
Discussion #16
Dalton Conley talks about the sect-church cycles in “You May Ask Yourself”. She separates the term sects and churches. According to her book sociologist consider different religious organizations as churches or sects. She states “churches are religious bodies that coexist in a relatively low state of tension with their social surroundings. They have mainstream, safe beliefs and practices relative to those of the general population.” Conley 644. She basically says that they are groups of people that have the same belief and come together in one place to share those beliefs. She describes sects as “high tension bodies that don’t fit so well within the existing social environment.” Conley furthers her discussion about