Legitimating new religions / James R. Lewis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, James R.
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2003], ©2003.
Subjects:
Cults > Psychology.
Psychology, Religious.
Authority > Religious aspects.
Physical Description:viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.