In the twentieth century the word “ cult ” (originally meaning “worship”) became a pejorative word that people apply to a group or movement that they do not like and perhaps fear. The word “cult”…
Catherine Wessinger
Catherine Wessinger is the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, SJ, Professor of the History of Religions, at Loyola University New Orleans. She is the author of numerous books and she is co-general editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions.
