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1	Holy Warriors of the Caliphate : Stroke of illogical fanatism or religious nationalism? Delphin, Andreas January 2016 (has links) The Islamic State continuously, and successfully, recruits new members from all over the world. Although portrayed by the media as poverty-stricken, ranging in lonely individuals lacking education, these members are individuals who often lead normal lives with good economic and social standing as well as a high level of education. This thesis take us on a new recruits journey from conscription to warfare. Trying to discern the core reasons behind why someone joins, conforms and fights for a modern day Caliphate produce the concept of a typical Islamic State recruit. Among the findings is the revelation that the recruits, self-perceived socio-economic status, is a major factor when combined with the possibility of great social rewards and a sense of importance and belonging. An individual who has been recruited, then, chose to stay in the organisation based on loyalty, dependence and conformity. Finally; the thesis uncover the reasons why the incumbents take up arms to defend the prescribed ideological beliefs. Beliefs that rests on a solid religious foundation. The member feels his or her ideology to be under attack — and anew — will take up arms to defend that what is believed to be true. Based on the study we can conclude that the final stage of the individual members journey is based on a kind of nationalistic view of the Caliphate and the importance of Islamic supremacy. Islamic State Religious Nationalism Sects Cults Rogers Brubaker Church Sect Theory
2	The Continuing Anglican Metamorphosis: Introducing The Adapted Integrated Model L'Hommedieu, John 01 January 2012 (has links) The purpose of this thesis is to develop and test the Advanced Integrated Model, a typological model in the tradition of Weber’s interpretive sociology, as an asset in explaining recent transformations in American Episcopal-Anglican organizations. The study includes an assessment of the church-sect tradition in the sociology of religion and a summary overview of Weber’s interpretive sociology with special emphasis on the nature and construction of idealtypes and their use in analysis. To illustrate the effectiveness of the model a number of institutional rivalries confronting contemporary Episcopal-Anglican organizations are identified and shown to be explainable only from a sociological perspective and not simply as “in house” institutional problems. The present work sheds light on parent-child conflicts in religious organizations and reopens discussion about the theoretical value of ideal-types in general, and church-sect typologies in particular, when utilized from a comparative-historical perspective Max weber interpretive sociology typology ideal types church sect episcopal church anglicanism schism sectarianism anglican church in north america (acna) anglican mission in the americas (amia) reformed episcopal church howard becker william h. swatos jr. integrated model adapted integrated model historical sociology comparative sociology Sociology

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Holy Warriors of the Caliphate : Stroke of illogical fanatism or religious nationalism?

The Continuing Anglican Metamorphosis: Introducing The Adapted Integrated Model