{"product_id":"9781403942852","title":"The Rhetoric of Religious Cults: Terms of Use and Abuse","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Rhetoric of Religious Cults: Terms of Use and Abuse\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMooney, A.\u003c\/h2\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 \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2005-08-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781403942852\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230504417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 208\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47678921343116,"sku":"9781403942852","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781403942852.jpg?v=1776568296","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781403942852","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}