The Rhetoric of Religious Cults: Terms of Use and Abuse

by Annabelle Mooney

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The Rhetoric of Religious Cults takes as its departure point the notion that 'cults' have a distinctive language and way of recruiting members. First outlining a rhetorical framework, which encompasses contemporary discourse analysis, the persuasive texts of three movements - Scientology, Jehovah's Witnesses and Children of God - are analysed in detail and their discourse compared with other kinds of recruitment literature. Cults' distinctive negative...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:134952168X

ISBN13:9781349521685

Release Date:January 2005

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.63 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Language Arts Religion Religion & Spirituality

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