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Churches and Sects in North America: An Ecclesiastical Socio-Political Sketch Author(s): Max Weber and Colin Loader Reviewed work(s): Source: Sociological Theory, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring, 1985), pp. 7-13 Published by: American Sociological Association Stable URL: /stable/202166 . Accessed: 24/04/2012 21:41 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. American Sociological Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Sociological Theory. CHURCHES AND SECTS IN NORTH AMERICA:AN ECCLESIASTICALSOCIO- POLITICAL SKETCH MAX WEBER BY TRANSLATED COLIN LOADER The considerable development of ecclesiastical one-tenth (about 1/13) of the population is formally communal life in the United States is a without church affiliation. And this occurs in a phenomenon which strikes all but the most superficial visitor. country where the constitutional ban on the official Nevertheless, today rapid Europeanizationis repressing recognition of any church is interpreted so broadly everywhere the total ecclesiastical permeation of life that we have no official statistics concerning religious that characterized authentic Americana. One can belief, for an