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...
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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Published: |
Equinox
2023
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In: |
Implicit religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-159 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
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/ New religion
/ Brainwashing
/ Religious minority
/ Concept of
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ QAnon conspiracy theory
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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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