Can Trump Supporters Be Considered a Cult?

religion exercise and need a sample draft to help me learn.

Requirements:
SRS 3191 Blog/Current Events Assignment – Due March 24th, 11:59 PM (End of Week 10)
Note: your blog will not be posted on a public forum
• Write a short blog entry on a contemporary or current events topic that relates to the course content.
• Goals:
o To think critically about a relevant topic.
o To develop an argument that can be presented in a short text.
o To work on a writing style that is applicable outside of the academic sphere.
• Since this is a short entry, I recommend focusing on a specific issue/idea/element.
• Your writing can be journalistic in style but should still be informed by critical and academic thinking.
Blog entries should be 1-2 pages in length and are worth 15% of your final mark.
• No sources are needed, but please cite if you do reference or rely on any sources.
New Religious Movements (Cults)
Latin Root
Colere – to grow or till
Cultus – tend, cultivate
Sequi – to follow; a group that follows a certain leader
New Religious Movements
Term most often used in a sociological or social0psychoogical context
Source: Comprehending cults: The sociology of new religious movements by Lorne L. Dawson
Background and Predisposing Factors
Predisposing Factors
1. Tensions – analogous to deprivations
2. Religiously-based problem-solving strategy
3. Finding that needs are not met within conventional religious institutions
Situational Factors
1. Must encounter new movement at a turning point in life
2. Effective bonds formed with group members
3. Links/attachments to outside world diminish
4. Intensive interaction for total conversion
Glock’s Five Types of Deprivations
Economic
Social
Organismic
Ethical
Psychic
Deprivation: can refer to any and all of the ways that an individual or group may be, or feel disadvantaged in comparison either to other individuals or groups, or to an internalized set of standards
Typologies: church, sect, cult

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