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Sociology of Religion

University of Minnesota Morris Digital Well

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1965

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Religious Careers And Commitment In A Middle-Class Sect, Jack C. Ross Jan 1965

Religious Careers And Commitment In A Middle-Class Sect, Jack C. Ross

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Members of Quaker Meetings may be analyzed according to Weber's traditional or charismatic types. Charismatics show greater commitment and higher education and greater educational mobility. Both charismatics and traditionals show further variation according to the nature of religious career, but the traditional shows inferior commitment regardless of career type.