'Cult' Rhetoric in the 21st Century (eBook, PDF)

Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements
Redaktion: Thomas, Aled; Graham-Hyde, Edward

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examining contemporary understandings of the term 'cult', this book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines, including sociology, anthropology and religious studies. Focusing on how 'cult rhetoric' affects our perceptions of new religious movements, the contributors explore how these minority groups have developed and deconstruct the language we use to describe them.

Ranging from the 'Cult of Trump' and 'Cult of COVID', to the campaigns of mass media, this book recognises that contemporary 'cult rhetoric' has become hybridised and suggests a more nuanced study of contemporary religion. Topics include online religions, political 'cults', 'apostate' testimony and the current 'othered' position of the study of minority religions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350333222
• Artikelnr.: 70326450

Autorenporträt

Aled Thomas is a Teaching Fellow in the Study of Religion at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of Free Zone Scientology: Contesting the Boundaries of a New Religion (Bloomsbury, 2021). Edward Graham-Hyde is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK and Treasurer of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (Inform).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Introduction to the 'Religion at the Boundaries' Series - Suzanne Newcombe (Inform and the Open University
UK) and Sarah Harvey (Inform) Part I: Approaches to 'Cult' Rhetoric Chapter 1: 'Cult' Rhetoric in the 21st Century: The Disconnect Between Popular Discourse and the Ivory Tower
Aled Thomas (University of Leeds
UK) and Edward Graham-Hyde (University of Central Lancashire
UK) Chapter 2: Balancing Pragmatism and Precision: Inform's Approach to Cult Rhetoric
Suzanne Newcombe (Inform and the Open University
UK) and Sarah Harvey (Inform) Chapter 3: A History of Anti-Cult Rhetoric
George D. Chryssides (York St John University
UK) Chapter 4: The Paradigm Shift from Sacred to Profane
William Sims Bainbridge (Independent Scholar) Chapter 5: The Dangerous Cult Exercise: Popular Culture and the Ongoing Construction of the New Religious Threat
Douglas E. Cowan (University of Waterloo
USA) Chapter 6: The Recognition of Cults
Roderick P. Dubrow-Marshall (University of Salford
UK) Part II: Contemporary 'Cultic' Issues Chapter 7: The Light of the World: La Luz del Mundo
Liminality
and NRM Studies
Donald A. Westbrook (San Jose State University
USA) Chapter 8: Cults of Conspiracy and the (On-Going) Satanic Panic
Bethan Juliet Oake (University of Leeds
UK) Chapter 9: 'There is no QAnon': Cult Accusations in Contemporary American Political and Online Discourse
Susannah Crockford (University of Exeter
UK) Chapter 10: Playing at Religion: Understanding Contemporary Spiritual Experiences in Popular Culture
Vivian Asimos (Independent Scholar) Chapter 11: Attempting to Educate Journalists about the Role of Cult Essentialism in the Branch Davidian-Federal Agents Conflict
Catherine Wessinger (Loyola University New Orleans
USA) Afterword: Critical Reflections and Conclusions
W. Michael Ashcraft (Truman State University
USA) Bibliography Index