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Religious organisations and movements
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Religious organisations and movements
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scly3
sociology
religious organisations and movements
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Religious organisations and movements
Churches
large organiations
few demands of members
monopoly of the truth
Linked to the state
Sects
Small
exclusive groups
hostile to wider society
breakaways from existing religions
monopoly of the truth
Cults
least organised of all organisations
Highly individualistic
no defining belief system
new religions
Denominations
accepts societies values
not linked to the state
tolerant of other religions
New Religious Movements (NRMs)
World Rejecting NRMs
critical of the outside world
expect radical change from followers
limited contact with outside world
World Accommodating NRMs
Breakaways from existing churches
They neither accept or reject the world
World Affirming NRMs
followers can access spiritual or supernatural powers
promise followers success in their goals
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