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Various classifications of religious movements have been proposed by scholars. In the sociology of religion, the most widely used classification is the church-sect typology. The typology states that churches, ecclesia, denominations and sects form a continuum with decreasing influence on society. Sects are break-away groups from more mainstream religions and tend to be in tension with society. Cults and new religious movements fall outside this continuum and in contrast to aforementioned groups often have a novel teaching. They have been classified on their attitude towards society and the level of involvement of their adherents. == Church-sect typology == This church-sect typology has its origins in the work of Max Weber. The basic premise is that there is a continuum along which religions fall, ranging from the protest-like orientation of ''sects'' to the equilibrium maintaining ''churches''. Along this continuum are several additional types, each of which will be discussed in turn. Many of labels for the types of religion are commonly employed by non-sociologists to refer to religions and tend to be used interchangeably. Sociologists, when speaking technically, will not use these labels interchangeably as they are designations for religions with very specific characteristics. These differing religions are often classified by sociologists as ''ideal types''. Ideal types are ''pure'' examples of the categories. Because there is significant variation in each religion, how closely an individual religion actually holds as their ''ideal type'' categorisation will vary. Nevertheless, the categorisation scheme is useful as it also outlines a sort of developmental process for religions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Classifications of religious movements」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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