Cult

they were also allowed to have small jobs, own a personal business, and study practically whatever they wanted (Khalil). When it came to religion, women could take the rolls of a scribe or a priestess, usually of a feminist “cult”. These cults are not what we consider cults today, instead they are another branch of a religion, such as Baptist, Lutheran, and more are a branch of Christianity. There are rumors that these women were so powerful they could predict the future and read dreams (Mark).…

In 2009, a feminist blogger named Jessica Valenti wrote an essay titled, “The Cult of Virginity”. The purpose of her piece is to highlight how the concept of virginity contributes to a harmful, unrealistic standard for women. For this reason, Valenti aims to educate her intended audience of adolescent readers in the hopes counteracting this damaging social construct. In the beginning of the essay, Valenti reflects on her own personal story of having intercourse for the first time. The date of…

for example temples and shrines and artefacts such as cult objects can show the religious and cultural influences of foreign religions and cults in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 these buildings and artefacts have been preserved. Due to Pompeii expansive trading with the Hellenic east these foreign religions and cults have appeared in Pompeii and Herculaneum. the existence of these buildings and cult objects shows that Pompeii and Herculaneum were…

It is called as a mystery cults or religion of mystery which presents mysteries that arises not explain. The reasons for this can be varied, from reasons of defense against retaliation to own community of majority groups, protection of personal interests, the experience of belonging to an exclusive society, or simply the inability to rationally explain that data related to religion. The mystery cults were religious movements, small groups of people gathered around a lit bringing a revolutionary…

motherhood,” had rooted itself in the society of America. The “cult of domesticity” developed to promote women in their natural work environment, the home. While “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity” were held in the hearts of many Americans, these goals were not obtainable by all women. The women of lower classes in society and African Americans were unable to obtain the goals of “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity” because of their economic and social status.…

Other groups who are against the church say its a cult. There are different factors that can tell you if a religious group have become cult-like or not. First, their preacher, who was Phelps, became absolute leader since the beginning. Although, he and members of the church did not believe he was a prophet or incarnation of the holly spirit as many cult leaders believe themselves to be. Another cult aspect is the restriction of what member scan do in their every day lives. For example, the WBC…

gave rise to an industrial economy, a new ideology known as cult of domesticity developed, that affect the progression of women rights. An expansion of money supply from the new industrial economy lead to an increase in upward mobility which created the ideas that women should stay in Private sphere ( home) displaying the earned prosperity while men would in the public sphere ( outside the home) earning the wealth. Unintentionally, the cult of domesticity created “ networks” and unity between…

questions. People might feel abandoned as others in these religions can be considered too extremist in being devoted into the practices; in comparison, this can also go towards in cults. Cults can be defined as human beings organizing their lives to construct religious…

when the term “cult” is mentioned it is associated with loosing the right of what to think. These institutions often employ the same types of tactics in order to control the people that follow them, whether it is willingly or unwillingly. This leads to the question, how did the tactics of control in fascist dictatorships compare to the tactics of control in cults? The fascist governments under Mussolini and Hitler were in place to control the people along with the leadership of cults such as,…

“Cults are inherently dangerous. In fact, few things are more dangerous and destructive,” explains Tom O’Connor. Some people believe that cults are dangerous and cause violence. Other people believe that they are innocent and they are just different religions. “Cults Are Prone to Crime and Violence,” by Tom O’Connor is one of numerous articles that explains that cults are found to be dangerous. On the other hand, “ The Threat of Cults Is Exaggerated,” by Bruce A. Robinson explains that cults are…