New religious movements both read the Bible in creative ways and produce their own texts that aspire to scriptural status. From the creation stories in Genesis and the Ten Commandments to the life of Jesus and the apocalypse, they develop their self-understandings through reading and writing scripture.
New religious movements both read the Bible in creative ways and produce their own texts that aspire to scriptural status. From the creation stories in Genesis and the Ten Commandments to the life of Jesus and the apocalypse, they develop their self-understandings through reading and writing scripture.
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Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
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Autorenporträt
Eugene V. Gallagher is the Rosemary Park Professor of Religious Studies at Connecticut College. He is the co-author of Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America and other books and articles on new religions. He serves as co-general editor of Nova Religio and associate editor of Teaching Theology and Religion.
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Introduction PART I: NEW VISIONS 1. A Teenaged Prophet, A Golden Bible, and Continuing Revelation 2. The Lamb of God and The Chosen Vessel: a Prophetic Lineage in the Adventist Tradition 3. Straight from the Devil: Holy Books in Contemporary Satanism PART II: NEW READINGS 4. Aliens and Adams: Reimagining Creation 5. Black and White and Read All Over: Re-Reading the Ten Commandments 6. Beyond the Gospels: New Visions of the Life of Jesus 7. The End of the World as They Know It: Revelations about Revelation PART III: NEW WRITINGS 8. Books of Guidance for a New Age and a New Paganism 9. A Moorish Koran and a New Age Bible 10. It's All in the Mind: Christian Science and A Course in Miracles Conclusion
Introduction PART I: NEW VISIONS 1. A Teenaged Prophet, A Golden Bible, and Continuing Revelation 2. The Lamb of God and The Chosen Vessel: a Prophetic Lineage in the Adventist Tradition 3. Straight from the Devil: Holy Books in Contemporary Satanism PART II: NEW READINGS 4. Aliens and Adams: Reimagining Creation 5. Black and White and Read All Over: Re-Reading the Ten Commandments 6. Beyond the Gospels: New Visions of the Life of Jesus 7. The End of the World as They Know It: Revelations about Revelation PART III: NEW WRITINGS 8. Books of Guidance for a New Age and a New Paganism 9. A Moorish Koran and a New Age Bible 10. It's All in the Mind: Christian Science and A Course in Miracles Conclusion
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