There are a lot of LCSH headings using “cults” or qualified with “Cult” when it is really a religion. A few examples:
Batuque (Cult)
Afro-Brazilian cults
Arab cults
The main subject heading Cults could also use a revision to the scope notes and the heading itself.
This is a big project but I am starting to work on proposals. I hope to be able to submit this as a project to LC soon.
–Jamie
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| 150 | $a Cults | ||||
| 360 | $i subdivision $a Cult $i under names of individual deities, saints, etc. for the system of beliefs and rituals connected with them, e.g. $a Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226–Cult | ||||
| 450 | $a Alternative religious movements | ||||
| 450 | $w nne $a Cult | ||||
| 450 | $w nne $a Cultus | ||||
| 450 | $a Marginal religious movements | ||||
| 450 | $a New religions | ||||
| 450 | $a New religious movements | ||||
| 450 | $a NRMs (Religion) | ||||
| 450 | $a Religious movements, Alternative | ||||
| 450 | $a Religious movements, Marginal | ||||
| 450 | $a Religious movements, New | ||||
| 550 | $w g $a Religions | ||||
| 550 | $a Sects | ||||
| 670 | $a Chryssides, G. Historical dict. of new religious movements, 2001: $b p. ix (new religious movements; NRMs or cults) | ||||
| 670 | $a Encyc. of rel. and soc., 1998 $b (New religious movements; NRMs, sometimes referred to as alternative religious movements, marginal religious movements, or cults) | ||||
| 670 | $a Handbook of new religious movements, 2003: $b CIP galley (new religious movements; NRMs; new religions; cults) | ||||
| 680 | $i Here are entered works on groups or movements whose system of religious beliefs or practices differs significantly from the major world religions and which are often gathered around a specific deity or person. | ||||
| 680 | $i Works on the major world religions are entered under $a Religions. | ||||
| 680 | $i Works on religious groups whose adherents recognize special teachings or practices which fall within the normative bounds of the major world religions are entered under $a Sects. | ||||
| 681 | $i Notes under $a Religions; Sects |