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OverviewThe 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: A. MooneyPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2005 Weight: 0.286kg ISBN: 9781349521685ISBN 10: 134952168 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 January 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationANNABELLE MOONEY is a Research Associate at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |