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denomination: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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denomination1 CONSTRUCTReligious denominationNIEBUHR · CHURCH BODY

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Sociology of religion

An organised branch of a faith

In the sociology of religion, a denomination is an organised, voluntary religious body that accepts the legitimacy of other such bodies, occupying the middle ground between the all-embracing church and the small separatist sect. H. Richard Niebuhr's The Social Sources of Denominationalism argued that these divisions track social lines (class, region, race, and ethnicity) as much as doctrine. The referent is a named branch of a religious tradition treated as a social institution and unit of affiliation, and it is a wholly different thing from the face-value class of a coin that shares the word.[1]

Unit
An organised religious body taken as a unit of affiliation
Recovery means
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Measured by
Studied through membership counts, affiliation surveys, and the social composition of each body

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References

  1. Niebuhr, H. R. (1972). The social sources of denominationalism. World Publishing. (Original work published 1929) ISBN 9780529020758

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