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Compare the Oxford English Dictionary note for usage in 1875: "cult:...b. A relatively small group of people having (esp. religious) beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister, or as exercising excessive control over members.… 1875 Brit. Mail 30 Jan. 13/1 Buffaloism is, it would seem, a cult, a creed, a secret community, the members of which are bound together by strange and weird vows, and listen in hidden conclave to mysterious lore." "cult". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
"cult". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) – "2.a. A particular form or system of religious worship or veneration, esp. as expressed in ceremonies or rituals which are directed towards a specified figure or object. Chiefly in historical, archaeological, or anthropological contexts."
Bader & Demaris 1996. Bader, Chris; Demaris, Alfred (1996). "A Test of the Stark-Bainbridge Theory of Affiliation with Religious Cults and Sects". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 35 (3): 285–303. doi:10.2307/1386560. ISSN0021-8294. JSTOR1386560.
Seiwert 2003. Seiwert, Hubert (2003). "Freedom and Control in the Unified Germany: Governmental Approaches to Alternative Religions Since 1989". Sociology of Religion. 64 (3): 367–375. doi:10.2307/3712490. ISSN1069-4404. JSTOR3712490.
Wright 1997. Wright, Stuart A. (1997). "Media Coverage of Unconventional Religion: Any "Good News" for Minority Faiths?". Review of Religious Research. 39 (2): 101–115. doi:10.2307/3512176. ISSN0034-673X. JSTOR3512176.
Zhu 2010, p. 487. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting "Evil Cults:" A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN0275-0392. JSTOR40784053.
Heggie 2020, p. 257. Heggie, Rachel (2020). "When Violence Happens: The McDonald's Murder and Religious Violence in the Hands of the Chinese Communist Party". Journal of Religion and Violence. 8 (3): 253–280. doi:10.5840/jrv202131682. ISSN2159-6808. JSTOR27212326.
Zhu 2010. Zhu, Guobin (2010). "Prosecuting "Evil Cults:" A Critical Examination of Law Regarding Freedom of Religious Belief in Mainland China". Human Rights Quarterly. 32 (3): 471–501. doi:10.1353/hrq.2010.0004. ISSN0275-0392. JSTOR40784053.