Matthew Forester

Matthew Forester, ABD, recently completed the coursework for his doctorate in English, specializing in rhetorical theory, at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is currently Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas.  He has previously taught writing courses for the University of Florida in Gainesville, the University of South Florida in Tampa, Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.  Matthew was born and raised in the Worldwide Church of God and indoctrinated with the ideologies of “Armstrongism.” After his emancipation from this group, he found the study of rhetorical theory to be therapeutic, as it offered a very powerful explanation for how his worldview had been the product of a very clever religious entrepreneur. Matthew is currently writing his dissertation, which focuses on the rhetoric of cultic groups and the implications these rhetorics provide about the role of language in the constitution of human subjects.

Contributions by author

Conference 2007: Brussels Home - Bruxelles Page d'acceuil
Conference 2009: Geneva, Switzerland - home page, Annual Conference
Conferenza 2009: Ginevra, Svizzera-  Home
Congrès 2009: Genève, Suisse - Page d'Acceuil
Forester, Mathew - profile
The Rhetoric of Religious "Cults" Terms of Use and Abuse - book review by Matthew Forester