Lewis, James R. <br/><br/>
Legitimating New Religions. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (283 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART 1: Legitimating New Religions -- Chapter 1: Religious Experience and the Origins of Religion -- Chapter 2: Native American Prophet Religions -- Chapter 3: Jesus in India and the Forging of Tradition -- Chapter 4: Science, Technology, and the Space Brothers -- Chapter 5: Anton Lavey, The Satanic Bible, and the Satanist Tradition -- Chapter 6: Heaven's Gate and the Legitimation of Suicide -- Chapter 7: The Authority of the Long Ago and the Far Away -- PART 2: Legitimating Repression -- Chapter 8: Atrocity Tales as a Delegitimation Strategy -- Chapter 9: Religious Insanity -- Chapter 10: The Cult Stereotype as an Ideological Resource -- Chapter 11: Scholarship and the Delegitimation of Religion -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Satanist Survey -- Appendix B: Ex-member Survey -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813535340 
<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