Explain the difference between a sect and a cult

What will be an ideal response?


A sect is an organization whose founders broke away from an existing religion, generally in protest over a perceived lack of piety or adherence to religious doctrine. A cult develops separate from any existing religion.

Sociology

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The individual has

a. many identities. b. a single identity.

Sociology

Class, __________, and the fear of crime, play into the corporate motivation to move to the fringes of urban areas

Fill in the blank with correct word

Sociology

A tax rate that remains the same for all people rich or poor is an example of a __________

A) tax expenditure B) progressive tax C) regressive tax D) medical tax

Sociology

Two of the problem-solving approaches in planning are efficiency and ______.

a. effectiveness b. profit c. sustainability d. growth

Sociology