As others have mentioned, the academic usage is value-neutral. Moreover, the more recent vernacular with pejorative connotations doesn't mean "non-Abrahamic cultures", but rather a new religious dogma often centered around a single living deity or prophet and often exploitative. Note that this usage is sometimes applied to Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons (Abrahamic) and is not applied to Buddhism, Jainism, Taoism, etc (non-Abrahamic).