In October and November 2019 Dr. Lawson made five presentations to the Roy Branson Legacy Sabbath School (RBLSS) class at Loma Linda University.

Adventism has been doing very well in animist societies in recent decades.

Dr. Ronald Lawson explores how Adventist relations with governments have evolved over time, and the patterns that have emerged between Adventism and different kinds of governments.

In this video, sociologist Ronald Lawson, Emeritus Professor at Queens College, The City University of New York, uses “Church-Sect Theory” to understand the evolution of Adventism from “Sect”...