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Legitimating new religions

Title
Legitimating new religions / James R. Lewis.
Author
Lewis, James R.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.

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Description
viii, 272 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-259) and index.
Contents
Part I : legitimating new religions -- Religious experience and the origins of religion -- Native American prophet religions -- Jesus in India and the forging of tradition -- Science, technology, and the Space Brothers -- Anton Lavey, the Satanic Bible, and the Satanist tradition -- Heaven's Gate and the legitimation of suicide -- The authority of the long ago and the far away -- Part II : legitimating repression -- Atrocity tales as a delegitimation strategy -- Religious insanity -- The cult stereotype as an ideological resource -- Scholarship and the delegitimation of religion.
Call Number
JFE 03-17002
ISBN
  • 0813533236 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813533244 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2003005987
OCLC
51892655
Author
Lewis, James R.
Title
Legitimating new religions / James R. Lewis.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-259) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-17002
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