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- Title
Sect, Sectarian, Sectarianism: The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of an Analytical Category in the Study of Western Religions.
- Authors
Moss, Yonatan
- Abstract
This article charts the changing uses of the interconnected terms sect , sectarian , sectarianist , and sectarianism in the academic study of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Following a review of the term sect 's early roots in Greco-Roman antiquity and its distinctly Christian transformation, three main steps are analyzed in the genealogy of the category in modern scholarship: (1) deployments by Weber and his early followers; (2) an influential sociological turn in the latter half of the twentieth century; and (3) a sharp decline in the years around the turn of the century in the popularity of sect as a category, followed by a redefinition of its derivative terms (sectarian , etc.) in recent years. Toward the end of the article, lessons are drawn from this genealogy for the future use of the category within scholarship.
- Subjects
SECTARIANISM; RESURRECTION; RELIGIONS; CLASSICAL antiquities; SECTS; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2023, Vol 91, Issue 3, p561
- ISSN
0002-7189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jaarel/lfae023