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UNINA9910456041203321 |
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Autore |
Lewis James R |
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Titolo |
Legitimating new religions [[electronic resource] /] / James R. Lewis |
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New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-8135-5722-4 |
0-8135-3534-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cults - Psychology |
Psychology, Religious |
Authority - Religious aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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