‘Cult’ Rhetoric in the 21st Century: Deconstructing the Study of New Religious Movements

Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Contributors
Foreword: Introduction to the Religion at the Boundaries series
Acknowledgements
Part I: Approaches to ‘cult’ rhetoric
	Chapter 1: ‘Cult’ rhetoric in the twenty-first century: The disconnect between popular discourse and the ivory tower
	Chapter 2: Balancing pragmatism and precision: Inform’s approach to cult rhetoric
	Chapter 3: A history of anticult rhetoric
	Chapter 4: The paradigm shift from sacred to profane
	Chapter 5: The dangerous cult exercise: Popular culture and the ongoing construction of the new religious threat
	Chapter 6: The recognition of cults
Part II: Contemporary ‘cultic’ studies
	Chapter 7: The light of the world: La Luz del Mundo, liminality and NRM studies
	Chapter 8: Cults of conspiracy and the (ongoing) Satanic Panic
	Chapter 9: ‘There is no QAnon’: Cult accusations in contemporary American political and online discourse
	Chapter 10: Playing at religion: Understanding contemporary spiritual experiences in popular culture
	Chapter 11: Attempting to educate journalists about the role of cult essentialism in the Branch Davidians–federal agents conflict
Afterword: Responses and conclusions
Index