| In his presentation on the Baptist sects, Weber explores the similarities between Calvinist doctrine and Quakerism. |
| Today we can see hassidic sects who have become quite scholarship-minded, opening their own yeshivas and studying the Talmud intensely. |
| Evangelical sects are growing, especially among urban poor and Andean peasants. |
| Some monastic sects, such as the lingayats, wear stone lingams around their necks as a part of their sacred practice. |
| Along the way, Fraser reminds us, various sects dissented and established parochial schools. |
| Nonresistant sects, notably Mennonites and Brethren, also developed active forms of pacifism such as humanitarian service for war victims. |
