Past the Pejorative: Understanding the Word "Cult" Through Its Use in American Newspapers During the Nineties

Within the academic study of New Religious Movements, it has become standard to understand "cult" as a pejorative term which is dismissive of minority religions and in some cases harms them. This article, through a quantitative content analysis conducted by the author of various uses of th...

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Subtitles:"Special Issue: The Return of the Cult: Bad Religion in the Age of Trump and COVID"
Main Author: Deslippe, Philip (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2023
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-217
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Newspapers / Cult / Concept of / Semantic change / New religion / Society / History 1990-2000
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
KBQ North America
TK Recent history
ZB Sociology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Discourse
B United States
B Media
B Cult
B Rhetoric
B Press
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