| Some monastic sects, such as the lingayats, wear stone lingams around their necks as a part of their sacred practice. |
| Today we can see hassidic sects who have become quite scholarship-minded, opening their own yeshivas and studying the Talmud intensely. |
| Communitarian sects such as the Amish and the Hutterites have also found ways of avoiding the more obvious pitfalls. |
| Hindus of many castes and sects and from many parts of India have migrated, taking with them traditions that were familiar to them back home. |
| Nonresistant sects, notably Mennonites and Brethren, also developed active forms of pacifism such as humanitarian service for war victims. |
| Evangelical sects are growing, especially among urban poor and Andean peasants. |
