From Bad to Worse: The evolving nature of "cult" rhetoric in the wake of Covid-19 and QAnon

The rhetoric "cult wars," which began in the 1970s and 1980s, has stagnated in recent decades. Having empirically undermined the "brainwashing" hypothesis, academic research has progressed beyond the classic typologies and discussion of "dangerous cults." Terms such as...

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Subtitles:"Special Issue: The Return of the Cult: Bad Religion in the Age of Trump and COVID"
Main Author: Graham-Hyde, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2023
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-159
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sect / New religion / Brainwashing / Religious minority / Concept of / COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / QAnon conspiracy theory
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
ZB Sociology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B New Religious Movement
B Discourse
B Covid-19
B Sociology
B Social media
B Religion
B QAnon conspiracy theory
B Cult
B Rhetoric
B minority religion
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