cult

Examples of cult in the following topics:

• Cult

  • Cult refers to a religious movement or group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre.
  • The Christian counter-cult movement is a social movement of Christian ministries and individual Christian counter-cult activists who oppose religious sects thought to either partially or entirely fail to abide by the teachings of the Bible.
  • These religious sects are also known among Christians as cults or discernment ministries.
  • Secular cult opponents like those belonging to the anti-cult movement tend to define a cult as a group that tends to manipulate, exploit, and control its members.
  • Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple, a cult that committed a mass murder-suicide in 1978.

• The Church-Sect Typology

  • Cults are, like sects, new religious groups.
  • Cults, like sects, often integrate elements of existing religious theologies, but cults tend to create more esoteric theologies from many sources.
  • Cults emphasize the individual and individual peace.
  • Cults, like sects, can develop into denominations.
  • Some scholars are hesitant to grant cults denominational status because many cults maintain their more esoteric characteristics (e.g., Temple Worship among Mormons).

• Domesticity and "Domestics"

  • The cult of domesticity or cult of true womanhood was a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain.
  • With a circulation of 150,000 by 1860, Godey's reflected and supported the ideals of the cult of true womanhood.
  • The cult of domesticity affected married women's labor market participation in the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century.
  • During the Progressive Era, the new woman emerged as a response to the cult of true womanhood.
  • The new woman, frequently associated with the suffrage movement, represented an ideal of femininity which was diametrically opposed to the values of that cult.

• Women and Democracy

  • During the early nineteenth century, women were mainly relegated to the private sphere through the "cult of domesticity."
  • The "cult of domesticity" was an ideal of womanhood that was prominent during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
  • During the era of the "cult of domesticity," women tended to be seen merely as a way of enhancing the social status of their husbands.

• Sect

  • A sect differs from cults in the degree that members are recruited and kept.
  • Whereas the cult is able to enforce its norms and ideas against members, a sect has followers, sympathizers, supporters, or believers.
  • A sect may also have members who choose to leave later, whereas a cult uses any means necessary to keep its members, including coercion.

• The Ancient Greek Gods and Their Temples

  • Greek religion played a central and daily role in the life of ancient Greeks, and their worship was centered on the temple and cult sites.
  • Greek religious traditions encompassed a large pantheon of gods, complex mythologies, rituals, and cult practices.
  • Many cities became cult sites due to their connection with a god or goddess and specific myths.
  • Hero cult was another popular form of Greek worship that involved the honoring of the dead, specifically the dead heroes of the Trojan War.
  • The temple was considered the home of the god, and a cult statue of the god would be erected in the central room, or the naos.

• The Family Economy: Women and Children

  • The "cult of domesticity" was a term for the prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the nineteenth century in the United States and Great Britain.
  • The cult of domesticity revolved around women being the center of the family; they were considered, "the light of the home."
  • Magazines that promoted the values of the cult of domesticity faired better financially than competing magazines that offered a more progressive view in terms of women's roles.
  • With a circulation of 150,000 by 1860, Godey's reflected and supported the ideals of the cult of true womanhood.
  • Godey's Lady's Book was a highly influential women's magazine that reinforced the values of the cult of domesticity.

• Sculpture in the Greek High Classical Period

  • Polykleitos not only worked in bronze but is also known for his chryselephantine cult statue of Hera at Argos, which in ancient times was compared to Phidias's colossal chryselephantine cult statues.
  • He was considered one of the greatest sculptors of his time, creating monumental cult statues of gold and ivory for city-states across Greece.
  • Phidias is well known for the Athena Parthenos, the colossal cult statue in the naos of the Parthenon.

• The Sacred and the Profane

  • Durkheim's claim of the universality of this dichotomy for all religions/cults has been criticized by scholars such as British anthropologist Jack Goody.

• Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • A door between the naos and pronaos provided access to the cult statue.
  • Later architects, such as Iktinos and Kallikrates who designed the Parthenon, tweaked aspects of basic temple structure to better accommodate the cult statue.
  • The cult statue was placed at the back, in the center, and would be blocked from view by the row of columns.
  • A central flight of stairs led from the pronaos to the naos and the doors opened to look upon a central cult statue.
  • There were still interior columns; however they were moved to the side, permitting prominent display of the cult statue.