Assertion: religion's ritual | /r/CapableOf | accept extensive involvement
Facets:
value: from members
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: similar to churches, but unlike sects, in being on relatively good terms with the state and secular powers and may even attempt to influence government at times maintain at least tolerant and usually fairly friendly relationships with other denominations in a context of religious pluralism rely primarily on birth for membership increase, though it will also accept converts; some even actively pursue evangelization accept the principle of at least modestly changing doctrine and practice and tolerate some theological diversity and dispute follow a fairly routinized ritual and worship service that explicitly discourages spontaneous emotional expression train and employ professional clergy who must meet formal requirements for certification accept less extensive involvement from members than do sects, but more involvement than churches often draw disproportionately from the middle and upper classes of society