According to Stark and Brainbridge these are three type of cults
1. Audience cults- They have at least social organization.
2. Client cults-They deal primarily in magic
3. Social movement cults- They claim to be full flidged religious organizations that attempt to satisfy all the religious needs of converts.

TYPES OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

Church, Sect, and Cult.Ernest troiltsch, a sociologists. HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS.

1.Sects- It is a small exclusive, uncompromising fellowship of individuals seeking spiritual perfection.
2. Church- It is a large. conservative, universalist religious institution.
3. Cult- Stark and Brainbridge identified two kinds of religious movements.
     1. Sects which arise by breaking away from a church.
     2. Cults which have no priorities with an established religious body in a given society.

MAJOR TYPES OF RELIGION

Ralph solecki (1971) an archeologist in Shanidar cave in Iraq.
-Discovered remains of the homo sapiens species, tied in fital position with food and flower petals, signs that early humans believed in life after death.

One of the simplest and broadly inclusive scheme is the following classification.

SUPER NATURALISM- This is belief system that postulates the existence of super natural