Religious Sects is a type of religious community that emerges from a parent religion or denomination, distinguished by its deliberate separatism, exclusive membership, and adherence to a more rigorous or purified interpretation of doctrine and practice.
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A Formal Model of Church and Sect
Laurence R. Iannaccone · American Journal of Sociology · 1988 · 371 citations
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University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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Harvard University
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Lebanese American University
Beirut, Lebanon
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Institut Agama Islam Negeri Manado
Manado, Indonesia
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