sectarianism

Examples of sectarianism in the following topics:

• Sect

  • Wherever people of different religions live in close proximity to each other, religious sectarianism can often be found in varying forms and degrees.
  • In some areas, religious sectarians (for example Protestant and Catholic Christians in the United States) now exist peacefully side-by-side for the most part.
  • Wherever people of different religions live in close proximity to each other, religious sectarianism can often be found in varying forms and degrees.
  • The ideological underpinnings of attitudes and behaviors labeled as sectarian are extraordinarily varied.
  • Sectarian violence refers to violence inspired by sectarianism.

• The Church-Sect Typology

  • Interestingly, leaders of sectarian movements (i.e., the formation of a new sect) tend to come from a lower socio-economic class than the members of the parent denomination, a component of sect development that is not entirely understood.