Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
Thi s study looks specifically a t the purpos e and function of religious communities in order to analyze the Seventh-day Adventist community as a system and communitarian organism that creates and sustains moral codes and social controls, which thereby is symbiotic with certain identity expressions/formations. My discussion takes place in a rapidly changing broader society of high mobility, internet connectivity, and cultural change. Within the larger global community exists an American community, and within, but also overreaching that community exists a Seventh-day Adventist community that is global. These communities interact with each other, crossing membership boundaries. Within the Seventh-day Adventist world-church, smaller subgroups emerge with unique social expectations .
Recommended Citation
Evans, April, "Community: Culture and Function in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Community" (2006). Capstone Research Projects. 33.
https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/senior_research/33