{"product_id":"the-rhetoric-of-religious-cults-terms-of-use-and-abuse-9781403942852","title":"The Rhetoric of Religious Cults: Terms of Use and Abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): A. Mooney\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christianity - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45281911341207,"sku":"9781403942852","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781403942852.webp?v=1769300579","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rhetoric-of-religious-cults-terms-of-use-and-abuse-9781403942852","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}