Typologing Religious Groups : A preliminary presentation towards a better understanding of the unification church

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

It is important to get acquainted with important typological terms and concepts if we hope to undertake enlightened inter-religious dialogues as well as comparative studies of religious groups. This paper will review several important typologies of religious groups and attempt to illuminate characteristics of the Unification Church (hereafter UC) in light of these typologies. Although scholars have presented numerous influential and insightful typologies of religious groups, as a preliminary presentation, this paper will review typologies of the following scholars: 1) Max Weber, 2) Gregory Baum, 3) Mary Douglas, 4) Andrew Greeley and Keith Roberts. We will also briefly discuss the identity of the UC in light of these
This paper is part of my research on typologies of religious groups. For more comprehensive reviews of typologies of religious groups, see my forthcoming book, Typologizing Religious Groups: Towards a Better Understanding of the Unification Church typologies.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• 1. Max Weber's Typology
• 2. Gregory Baum's Typology
• 3. Mary Douglas's Typology
• 4. Andrew Greeley's and Keith Roberts's Typologies
• Conclusion