First published in 1998. This is Volume VII of eight in the Sociology of Religion series and includes part four of the Sociology of Religion which looks at types of religious men in Christendom, starting with the figures of Jesus, St.Peter, St. Francis, Frate Elia, Joseph Smith and Brighton Young and moving onto saints, priests and monks.

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Founder and the Second1This has been suggested as a technical term to describe the disciple who becomes a founder's immediate successor in leadership. Cf. Honigsheim, P., 'Religionssoziologie', in Eisermann, G., Die Lebre von der Gesellschaft, Stuttgart 1958, p. 127. Cf. also below, pp. 75 et seq.; Chapter 2 Saint and Priest; Chapter 3 Monk and Predicant;