02217nam 22005774a 450 991045604120332120200520144314.00-8135-5722-40-8135-3534-4(CKB)111090529149002(OCoLC)70731221(CaPaEBR)ebrary10075364(SSID)ssj0000191185(PQKBManifestationID)11171443(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191185(PQKBWorkID)10183979(PQKB)10492482(MiAaPQ)EBC3032112(Au-PeEL)EBL3032112(CaPaEBR)ebr10075364(OCoLC)54961514(EXLCZ)9911109052914900220030312d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLegitimating new religions[electronic resource] /James R. LewisNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20031 online resource (283 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8135-3323-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index.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.CultsPsychologyPsychology, ReligiousAuthorityReligious aspectsElectronic books.CultsPsychology.Psychology, Religious.AuthorityReligious aspects.200/.9/04Lewis James R897626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456041203321Legitimating new religions2005449UNINA