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" Legitimating new religions "
/ James R. Lewis
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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3502
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Doc. No
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b15492
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Language of Document
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English
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Main Entry
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Lewis, James R
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Title & Author
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Legitimating new religions/ James R. Lewis
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Publication Statement
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press,, c2003.
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Page. NO
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viii, 272 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
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ISBN
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0813533236(alk.paper)
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Notes
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index.
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Contents
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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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Subject
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CultsPsychology
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Psychology, Religious
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AuthorityReligious aspects
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Dewey Classification
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200.904
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LC Classification
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BP603.L49 2003
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