PPT-Religious organizations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements,

What is the difference between A church A denomination A sect A cult Roy Wallis 1976 divided organizations into respectable uniquely legitimate or pluralistically legitimate or deviant. 1)W.Burkert, Ancient Mystery Cults (Cambridge 1987) 18 Higgins O’Brien. Spring 2012. The authors define a cult as a “loosely structured and unconventional form of religious group, whose members are held together by a charismatic leader who mobilizes their loyalty around some new religious cause”. How do religions develop – and who joins them?. Learning Objectives. . 1. . Describe . the key features and differences between four types of religious organisation:. Church. Denomination. Sect. Cult. By Steven Tobey . What is a cult?. a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or . dangerous are you kidding me?. Cults. Any non-conforming group or religious sect outside the norms of society. Cults. 5 traits:. 1. Charismatic leader claiming to have all the answers; beliefs cannot be questioned. 2. Only members will be saved or enlightened. Osby. Weaver’s Article…. Should Denominations Be Justified?. Osby. Weaver’s Article…. Mark 9 :38-40 ?. Mark 9:38-40 . No indication that person casting out demons was a member of any denomination. . 1. our terms. please keep in mind: . religious culture & social organization our terms (etic) to analyse something else. analytical terms do not necessarily represent the entire phenomenon, just a dimension. Brainwashing. Cults. What distinguishes a harmful cult from a relatively harmless new religious movement or self-help group?. 1) Characteristics of Cults:. A captivating and authoritarian leader who claims to have all the answers to life.. “brainwashing,” mind control, cult conversion, and deprogramming. Roots of cultic research. POW camps in the Korean war: emergence of the term “brainwashing”. “. When Prophecy Fails. : . Festinger. 3 Religious Organization and Religiosity. Religious Organization. Church. – . all members of a society are also members of the religion. Denomination. – . a religious organization that most members of society accept as legitimate. You Can Read About in the . Bible. Matthew 16:18; 1 Cor. 4:17; Eph. 4:5. “Sect” = “Denomination”. There were sects of the Jewish religion: . Sadducees (Acts 5:17). Pharisees (Acts 15:5; 26:5). What is a Cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:. 1. It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members. 2. It forms an elitist totalitarian society.. Profile of the Nation. The Geography of the Nation. U.S. a land of small geographical beginnings.. Began as slender fringe of 13 states along the Atlantic coast who declared independence in 1776.. But the colonists actually inhabited a fringe of a fringe.. Christian History. 6. . 19. th. century Revivals & Free Churches. Eighteenth-Century . Enlightenment. Le siècle des . Lumières. . (. century of light. ) . Zeitalter. der . Aufklärung. . (.