01751nam a22003254a 4500 ebr10075364 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 030312s2003 njua sb 001 0 eng 0813533236 (alk. paper) 0813533244 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70731221 BP603 .L49 2003eb 200/.9/04 21 Lewis, James R. Legitimating new religions [electronic resource] / James R. Lewis. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2003. viii, 272 p. : ill. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cults Psychology. Psychology, Religious. Authority Religious aspects. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10075364 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 154807 154807