Sociocultural Conditions

          Priestly  – Most likely in normal, settled periods or locations
          Prophetic  – Most likely in crisis periods or locations
 

Source of Power

          Priestly  –  Sociocultural Continuity
          Prophetic  –  Sociocultural Discontinuity
 

Cultural Orientation

          Priestly  – Limited to moderate reconstruction of myth
          Prophetic  – Moderate to radical reconstruction of myth
 

Social Organization

          Priestly  – Preserve and accommodate to existing social order
          Prophetic  – Resist and subvert the existing social order
 

Relationship between Transcendent and Everyday Realms

          Priestly  – Realms interpreted as complementary and morally concordant
          Prophetic  – Realms interpreted as antithetical and morally discordant
 

Moral Claimsmaking by Group and Leader

          Priestly  –  Limited to Moderate
          Prophetic  –  Moderate to Extensive
 

Ritual Observances

          Priestly  –  Re-integrative rituals with closely controlled spiritual agency.
                            Aesthetic ritual drama
          Prophetic  – Contestive rituals with pervasive spiritual agency
                               Agonic ritual drama