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Compare and Contrast the sociological organizations of a cult, church and sect. Show how a cult can develop into a church.
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Compare and Contrast the sociological organizations of a cult, church and sect. Show how a cult can develop into a church. Cults, Sects, and Churches are all different groups. Within these different groups are housed different beliefs. Firstly it is important to get a little information about each of them. A cult is small, individual, mystical, pragmatic, informal and oftentimes short-lived. They are thought to have been derived when human society was organized on the basis on family and kin. Cults are not a very highly discussed topic in sociology. However, in many discussions about religion a cult is viewed in a negative light and presented to society as a problem. In sociology what the popular population refers to would really be referred to as a sect. A sociologist's definition is that of a small movement requiring total commitment and total separation from the wider society. One example is the Branch-Davidian...
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