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Sect
About: Sect is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 533 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15770 citations. The topic is also known as: religious sect.
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Book•
1 Jan 1970
TL;DR: Hume's early years and education is described in a treatise of human nature as discussed by the authors. But it is not a complete account of the early years of his life and education.
Abstract: PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL How to Use this Book List of Abbreviations Editor's Introduction Hume's Early years and Education A Treatise of Human Nature Book 1: Of the Understanding Book 1 part 1: The Elements of the Mental World Book 1 Part 2: The Ideas of Space and Time Book 1 Part 3: Knowledge, Probability, Belief, and Causation Book 1 Part 4: Forms of Scepticism Book 2: Of the passions Book 2 Part 1: The Indirect Passions of Pride and Humility Book 2 Part 2: The Indirect Passions of Love and Hatred Book 2 part 3: The Direct Passions and the Will Book 3: Of Morals Book 3 Part 1: The Source of Moral Distinctions Book 3 Part 2: The Artificial Virtues Book 3 Part 3: Natural Virtues and Natural Abilities The Abstract and the Early Reception of the Treatise Supplementary Reading A Note on the Texts of this Edition PART 2: THE TEXT Advertisement Introduction Book 1: Of the Understanding Part 1: Of ideas, their origin, composition, connexion, abstraction, etc Sect 1: Of the origin of our ideas Sect 2: Division of the subject Sect 3: Of the ideas of the memory and imagination Sect 4: Of the connexion of association of ideas Sect 5 Of relations Sect 6 Of modes and substances Sect 7: Of abstract ideas Part 2: Of ideas of space and time Sect 1: Of the infinite divisibility of our ideas of space and time Sect 2: Of the infinite divisibility of space and time Sect 3 Of the other qualities of our ideas of space and time Sect 4 Objections answered Sect 5: The same subject continued Sect 6: Of the idea of existence and of external existence Part 3: of knowledge and probability Sect 1: Of knowledge Sect 2 Of probability and of the idea of cause and effect Sect 3: Why a cause is always necessary Sect 4: Of the component parts of our reasonings concerning cause and effect Sect 5: Of the impressions of the senses and memory Section 6: Of the inference from the impression to the idea Sect 7: Of the nature of the idea or belief Sect 8: Of the causes of belief Sect 9: Of the effects of other relations and other habits Sect 10 Of the influence of belief Sect 11: Of the probability of chances Sect 12: Of the probability of causes Sect 13: Of unphilosophical probability Sect 14: Of the idea of necessary connexion Sect 15: Rules by which to judge of causes and effects Sect 16: Of the reason of animals Part 4: Of the sceptical and other systems of philosophy Sect 1: Of scepticism with regard to reason Sect 2: Of scepticism with regard to the senses Sect 3 Of the ancient philosophy Sect 4 Of the modern philosophy Sect 5: Of the immateriality of the soul Sect 6: Of personal identity Sect 7: Conclusion of this book Book 2: Of the Passions Part 1: Of pride and humility Sect 1: Division of the subject Sect 2: Of pride and humility their objects and causes Sect 3: Whence these objects and causes are derived Sect 4: Of the relations of impressions and ideas Sect 5: Of the influence of these relations on pride and humility Sect 6: Limitations of this system Sect 7: Of vice and virtue Sect 8: Of beauty and deformity Sect 9: Of external advantages and disadvantages Sect 10: Of property and riches Sect 11: Of the love of fame Sect 12: Of the pride and humility of animals Part 2: Of love and hatred Sect 1: Of the objects and causes of love and hatred Sect 2: Experiments to confirm this system Sect 3: Difficulties solved Sect 4: Of the love of relations Sect 5: Of our esteem for the rich and powerful Sect 6: Of benevolence and anger Sect 7: Of compassion Sect 8: Of malice and envy Sect 9: Of the mixture of benevolence and anger with compassion and malice Sect 10 Of respect and contempt Sect 11: Of the amorous passion, or love betwixt the sexes Sect 12: Of the love and hatred of animals Part 3: Of the will and direct passions Sect 1: Of liberty and necessity Sect 2: The same subject continued Sect 3: Of the influencing motives of the will Sect 4: Of the causes of the violent passions Sect 5: Of the effects of custom Sect Of the influence of the imagination on passions Sect 7: Of contiguity and distance in space and time Sect 8: The same subject continued Sect 9: Of the direct passions Sect 10: Of curiosity, or the love of truth Book 3: Of Morals Advertisement Part 1: Of virtue and vice in general Sect 1: Moral distinctions not derived from reason Sect 2: Moral distinctions derived from a moral sense Part 2: Of justice and injustice Sect 1: Justice, whether a natural or artificial virtue? Sect 2: Of the origin of justice and property Sect 3: Of the rules, which determine property Sect 4: Of the transference of property by consent Sect 5: Of the obligation of promises Sect 6: Some farther reflections concerning justice and injustice Sect 7: Of the origin of government Sect 8: Of the source of allegiance Sect 9: Of the measures of allegiance Sect 10: Of the objects of allegiance Sect 11: Of the laws of nations Sect 12: Of chastity and modesty Part 3: Of the other virtues and vices Sect 1: Of the origin of the natural virtues and vices Sect 2: Of greatness of mind Sect 3 Of goodness and benevolence Sect 4: Of natural abilities Sect 5: Some farther reflections concerning the natural virtues Sect 6: Conclusion of this book Appendix An Abstract of A Treatise of Human Nature PART 3 SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL Editors' Annotations Annotations to the Treatise Annotations to the Abstract Glossary References Index
10,757 citations
Book•
1 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this article, a sociological description and explanation of the changes in the religious life of Western society that have accompanied modernization is given, starting with the Reformation and ending with New Age spirituality.
Abstract: The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world pick and mix' their own religions, Starting with the Reformation and ending with New Age spirituality, this book offers a comprehensive sociological description and explanation of the changes in the religious life of Western society that have accompanied modernization. This major new book from a leading sociologist of religion tracks the Church's changing role from monolith to Sect, to Denomination, and at the end of the twentieth century, to the Cult. What were the forces that brought about this change? What is the real role for the Church in the modern world? Professor Steve Bruce answers these questions in a clearly argued and accessible way. Including substantial chapters on religion in the USA, religion and ethnicity, and the New Age, Religion in the Modern World is an invaluable resource for students of sociology, religion or history and anyone with a real interest in looking behind the headlines for the place of religion in today's society
524 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors give center stage to normative conduct, an entirely different aspect of religious activity, and the theoretical consequences of a sectarian orientation include strict behavioral standards, definite conversions, resistance to social change, high levels of religious participation, and lower-class and minority appeal.
Abstract: The sociology of religion is an area rich in generalizations but poor in theory. Against this background, economic models offer the hope of better theory and more precise predictions. Previous work has failed to deliver on this promise because of its narrow focus on time and money. This paper gives center stage to normative conduct, an entirely different aspect of religious activity. Churches and sects emerge as analytically distinct modes of religious organization rather than ad-hoc categories. The theoretical consequences of a sectarian orientation include strict behavioral standards, definite conversions, resistance to social change, high levels of religious participation, and lower-class and minority appeal.
357 citations
1 Jan 1990
TL;DR: Focusing on travel in Muslim societies from Malaysia to West Africa to Western Europe from the first centuries of Islam to the present, this article investigated the role of religious doctrine in motivating travel.
Abstract: Focusing on travel in Muslim societies from Malaysia to West Africa to Western Europe from the first centuries of Islam to the present, the contributors to this edition investigate the role of religious doctrine in motivating travel While pilgrimage is usually seen as travel with a uniquely religious purpose, this exploration of the role of travel in Muslim societies and in Islamic doctrine shows that other forms of travel - for learning, visits to shrines, exile, and labor migration - also shape the religious imagination Conversely, travel for specifically religious purposes often has important economic and political consequences The contributors explore the transnational and local significance of pilgrimage and migration, showing how these journeys heighten a universal sense of 'being Muslim' while also inspiring the redefinition of the frontiers of sect, language, territory, and nation In this way, encounters with Muslim 'others' have been as important in shaping community self-definition as encounters with European 'others' Linking pilgrimage and migration to issues such as class, ethnicity, and gender, "Muslim Travellers" will be of special value to students of history and anthropology and to those in cross-disciplinary courses such as Islamic civilization and world religions
189 citations
Book•
13 Jul 1997
TL;DR: A Sect of Dissenters as discussed by the authors was a group of dissenters in the early 19th century who were concerned with the politics of Greek religion and the nature of the unknown God.
Abstract: Introduction 1. 'A Sect of Dissenters' 2. Blake's orthodoxy 3. Nature's priest 4. The ironies of belief 5. The politics of Greek religion 6. The Christian monster 7. The unknown God Conclusion.
137 citations
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