Catherine Wessinger

Catherine Wessinger is the Rev. H. James Yamauchi, SJ, Professor of the History of Religions, at Loyola University New Orleans. She is the author of numerous books and she is co-general editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions.

(A)theologies, Archive, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeJuly 19, 2021

‘Cult’ Is an Inaccurate, Unhelpful and Dangerous Label for Followers of Trump, QAnon, and 1/6

By Catherine Wessinger

In the twentieth century the word “cult” (originally meaning “worship”) became a pejorative word that…

(A)theologies, CultureJuly 3, 2009

‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons

By Catherine Wessinger

When the media labels a religious group a “cult,” it fans the flames of intolerance and can endanger the group’s most vulnerable members.