Watching Movies in Jonestown: A Cultural Interlocutor Approach to Visual Media and New Religions

This article argues that new religious movements (NRMs) develop as cultural interlocutors. As emergent social bodies that respond to extant norms, structures, and values, NRMs can deploy cultural products as a shared vocabulary and grammar in their response to surrounding society. To demonstrate thi...

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Main Author: Klippenstein, Kristian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2022
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-72
Further subjects:B Peoples Temple
B Media Studies
B Jonestown
B movie watching
B film analysis
B Jim Jones
B Movies
B culture as language
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