Legitimating new religions [electronic resource] / James R. Lewis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, James R.
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003.
Subjects:
Cults > Psychology.
Psychology, Religious.
Authority > Religious aspects.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2003 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2003 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2003 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2003 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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
  • Atrocity tales as a delegitimation strategy
  • Religious insanity
  • The cult stereotype as an ideological resource
  • Scholarship and the delegitimation of religion.