Lewis, James R. <br/><br/>
Legitimating new religions  [electronic resource] / 
James R. Lewis. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  c2003. 
 - viii, 272 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cults--Psychology.<br/>Psychology, Religious.<br/>Authority--Religious aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP603  / .L49 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200/.9/04