Religious organisations

• Troeltsch 


  Made the distinction between churches and sects
• Niebuhr


  Concept of denominations i.e. Amish
• Wallis


  New Religious Movements (NRM's): world affirming, world rejecting, world accomodating
• Wilson


  Highlighted variety of situations that causes marginalisation, forming the basis of sect development e.g. war, economic collapse, natural disaster
• Bruce 


  Church would face dissent or revolt against ecclesiastic wealth, seeking out radical forms of belief. Those who couldn't broke away to form sects.
• Melton


  Multicausal explanation of sects