Most sects are pessimistic, foreseeing an end to the world order, placing little importance in social advancement to achieve their ends. Nearly all sects are legalistic in that the Bible is regarded as objective law. The technical differences in many sects are trivial, so it is more informative to look at the general characteristics nearly all sects share. Refuge of the poor. Religion has always been attached to revolts of the poor and labor struggles until modern times.
Strikes are now secular in nature.
Pre millenarianism is a defense mechanism of the disinherited. Wesley predicted that prosperity would rob the Methodists of their religion and stop the revival. His prediction was correct. He even suggested giving the money they earned. Although sects harbor the poor, none have any programs of social reform except thou shall not smoke or drink.