1 2 Brubaker, Ed (26 tháng 3 năm 2014). Fatale. 21. Berkeley, California: Image Comics (xuất bản 2014). tr. 20–21. Truy cập ngày 5 tháng 10 năm 2017. As a plot device the idea of the cult is centuries old. What constitutes a "cult," however, has turned out to be variable. Seen from one perspective, most religions and faith groups can be defined as cults. Traditionally -- though not today – a "cult" has been defined as a non-Judeo-Christian religious group, with the word "cult" being used in a pejorative way. That this is insulting to worshipers of those groups has not been acknowledged; the producers of popular culture were usually marketing their work to a select group, usually white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, which did not include members of the "cult" groups. Modern authors tend to be more sensitive toward members of the "cult" groups and usually (though not always) create fictional cults for antagonists to be members of.
↑ T.L. Brink (2008) Psychology: A Student Friendly Approach. "Unit 13: Social Psychology." pp 320 (PDF)
↑ Coney, J. (1998) "A response to Religious Liberty in Western Europe by Massimo Introvigne" ISKON Communications Journal, 5(2)
↑ Eileen Barker, 1999, "New Religious Movements: their incidence and significance", New Religious Movements: challenge and response, Bryan Wilson and Jamie Cresswell editors, RoutledgeISBN0415200504
↑ Gablinger, Tamar (2010). The Religious Melting Point: On Tolerance, Controversdial Religions and The State. Germany: Tectum Verlag. tr. 15–16. ISBN978-3828825062. the term 'new religious movement' was meant to serve as a substitute for biased and connotation-laden terms such as 'cults'. The term 'cult' itself is problematic
↑ OED, citing American Journal of Sociology 85 (1980), p. 1377: "Cults[...], like other deviant social movements, tend to recruit people with a grievance, people who suffer from a some variety of deprivation."
↑ Dr. Chuck Shaw - Sects and Cults - Greenville Technical College - Retrieved 21 March 2013.
↑ Renato Del Ponte, "Julius Evola and the UR Group," preface to Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus (anthology of writings by Evola and his associates), trans. Guido Stucco, ed. Michael Jenkins Moynihan, Inner Traditions: Rochester, Vermont, 2001.
↑ Heinlein, Robert A. (1953). “Concerning Stories Never Written: Postscript”. Revolt in 2100. Chicago: Shasta.
↑ Heinlein, Robert A. (1961). Stranger in a Strange Land. New York: Putnam.
↑ “Houellebecq, prêtre honoraire du mouvement raëlien” [Houellebecq, honorary priest of the Raëlien movement]. Le Nouvel Observateur (bằng tiếng Pháp). 19 tháng 10 năm 2005. Bản gốc lưu trữ ngày 17 tháng 10 năm 2006. Truy cập ngày 3 tháng 8 năm 2009. "Le roman de Michel Houellebecq, sorti le 31 août, met en scène une secte triomphante, qui resemble fort à celle des raëliens, alors que l'auteur prédit la mort des grandes religions monothéistes. Il a choisi la secte des raëliens parce qu'"elle est adaptée aux temps modernes, à la civilisation des loisirs, elle n'impose aucune contrainte morale et, surtout, elle promet l'immortalité." [TRANSLATION: "Michel Houellebecq's novel, appearing on 31 August, depicts a victorious cult, strongly resembling that of the Raëlians, while the author predicts the death of the great monotheist religions. He chose the Raëlian cult because "it has adapted to modern times, to the leisure civilization. it imposes no moral constraint and, above all, it promises immortality."]
↑ See "Blavatsky, Helena" and "Theosophy" entries in John Clute and John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997
↑ "Theosophy" in John Clute and John Grant, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997
