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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 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.

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ANNABELLE MOONEY is a Research Associate at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, UK.
Release date Australia
August 2nd, 2005
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
  • Undergraduate
Edition
2005 ed.
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IX, 208 p.
Pages
208
Dimensions
140x216x15
ISBN-13
9781403942852
Product ID
1704306

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