Author Question: Sects differ from cults because cults pull away from society and are isolated from those outside the ... (Read 92 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Sects differ from cults because cults pull away from society and are isolated from those outside the cult while sects

a. are not organized religions.
b. can also be a major religion.
c. often have close ties to more established religions.
d. work within a society to change its direction.

Question 2

Some religions, like Zen Buddhism, differ from the author's working definition of religion because they create a sacred world out of almost everything in the physical universe. Hence, for these religions

a. neither the sacred nor profane exist.
b. everything is considered sacred.
c. nothing is considered sacred.
d. everything is considered profane.