… sect emergence, the internal structure of sect organization, the degree of separateness from
the external world, the coherence of sect values, and group commitments and relationships. …

SOCIOLOGICAL interest in sects has been predominantly an interest in the dynamics of sect
development: more detailed analysis of the structure and functioning of sects has been less …

… " has led to conceptualizations of church and sect that prevent theorizing. We adopt Benton
… -sect axis. In the remainder of the paper we show that the concepts of church and sect are not …

… of a sect for describing its cellular decomposition. In particular, for p = q , we show that the
Bruhat order on the sect … In other words, we show that the sects are parametrized by the lattice …

… Sects are particularist groups with a basically negative orientation. Cults tend to be …
The principal distinction between sects or cults and denominations is that sects or cults are …

… Troeltsch's definitions of sect and church each contain a large … sect is supposed to be based
on voluntary adherence. Yet several groups that researchers have not hesitated to call sects, …

… If we consider why an individual might ever choose sect over church membership, it is
apparent that a sect will be attractive only if it offers more satisfaction and support, R, than its …

… -sect frame of mind we tend to see sect growth as a kind of selling-out process. It rarely occurs
to use that a sect … It is theoretically possible for a sect, seen as a counterculture, to become …

… contemporary charismatic religious sects raise questions about … The author considers the
stages of membership in these sects, … group influence in these sects and current conceptions of …

… Available studies suggest that not merely cult and sect … of these findings for a theory of cult
and sect recruitment. … to classify the three groups we examine as cults or sects. It is sufficient …