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...
Subtitles: | "Special Issue: The Return of the Cult: Bad Religion in the Age of Trump and COVID" |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Equinox
2023
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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
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IxTheo 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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