Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sociologists have proposed various classifications of religious movements. The most widely used classification in the sociology of religion is the church-sect typology. The typology states that churches, ecclesia, denominations, and sects form a continuum with decreasing influence on society. Sects are break-away groups and tend to be in tension with society. Cults and new religious movements fall outside this continuum and in contrast to aforementioned groups often have a novel teaching. Cults and new religious movements have been classified on their attitude towards society and the level of involvement of their adherents.