Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements

New Bibles and New Revelations
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-49306-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 307 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4037 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallagher, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.