Sect Ideologies and Social Status

by Gary Schwartz

In this penetrating study of urban religion, Gary Schwartz examines the nature of the relationship between religious belief and the social order. He shows how a person's experience in the social hierarchy shapes his response to competing religious ideologies and, in turn, how commitment to a particular sect ideology colors his attitude toward mundane affairs.

The author studied and compared a Pentecostal group and a Seventh-day Adventist group...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226742164
• ISBN13: 9780226742168
• Release Date: September 1970
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"