The Rhetoric of Religious Cults - Terms of Use and Abuse (Paperback, 1st ed. 2005)

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 profile in society is not matched by a linguistic typology. Indeed, this negative profile seems to rest on the semantics and application of the term 'cult' itself.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	A. Mooney
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-52168-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion
LSN:	1-349-52168-X
Barcode:	9781349521685

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