Language Appropriation and Identity Construction in New Religious Movements

Peoples Temple as Test Case

Bibliographic Data

ID8206828
AuthorsKristian Klippenstein (corresponding author)
Year2017
Pageslfw082
Publication date2017-01-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jaarel/lfw082
OpenAlexW2568595511
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Journal Article Language Appropriation and Identity Construction in New Religious Movements: Peoples Temple as Test Case Get access Kristian Klippenstein Kristian Klippenstein *Kristian Klippenstein, Interdisciplinary Studies, 400 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E6, Canada. E-mail: [email protected]. I am grateful to Michael Gillingham, Paige Larsen, Peter Sabo, and my three anonymous reviewers for their comments and criticisms of this article. I would also like to thank David Sulz at the University of Alberta Libraries (for providing access to selected secondary sources) and Dr. Stephen Kent at the University of Alberta (for editorial remarks, and for access to Scientology and Children of God sources housed within the Stephen A. Kent Collection on Alternative Religions). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 85, Issue 2, June 2017, Pages 348–380, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfw082 Published: 04 January 2017

Aesthetics · Appropriation · Collective identity · Demise · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy