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Onward Christian Soldiers? Seventh-day Adventists and the Issue of Military Service*
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lawson, Ronald |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | Sociologists have typically defined "sect" and "church" or "denomination", the polar opposites of church-sect theory, in terms of multiple characteristics. Stark and Bainbridge, noting that competing lists of characteristics have caused confusion and that the use of several characteristics has limited the ability to measure transition from sect to denomination, proposed focusing instead on a single dimension, the religious group's tension with society. This paper tests the usefulness of this reformulation by exploring one such source of tension: holding a deviant position on military service when a state imposes conscription. Since part of the process of reducing tension between sect and state is accommodation by one or both parties, the paper also examines relations between a religious group and governments in a conflict situation, and the process of accommodation - or failure to come to terms - between them. It considers when accommodation occurs, which side accommodates, and the conditions under which failure to come to terms occurs. The vehicle used in this study is the evolution of the Seventh-day Adventist position on military service over the past 130 years. The Adventist position has been transformed during this period. The paper considers how successfully this |
| Starting Page | 193 |
| Ending Page | 193 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.2307/3512274 |
| Volume Number | 37 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ronaldlawsonnet.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/4.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.2307/3512274 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Issue |
