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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 an adjunct lecturer in the University Writing Program at the University of Florida in Gainesville. 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.

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Conference/Congrès 2007: _Brussels Home - Bruxelles Page d'acceuil
Forester, Mathew - profile
The Rhetoric of Religious "Cults" Terms of Use and Abuse - book review by Matthew Forester

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