Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements: New Bibles and New Revelations.
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 308pp. Illustrated papered boards, titled on upper board and spine, end notes, index. A volume from the 'Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities' series. Of this work, the publisher says: "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." Table of contents: Introduction: Canons, Scriptures, and New Religions; Part I, New Visions. A Teenaged Prophet, a Golden Bible, and Continuing Revelation; The Lamb of God and the Chosen Vessel: A Prophetic Lineage in the Adventist Tradition; Straight from the Devil: Holy Books in Contemporary Satanism; Part II. New Readings. Aliens and Adams: Reimagining Creation; Black and White and Read All Over: Rereading the Ten Commandments; Beyond the Gospels: New Visions of the Life of Jesus; The End of the World as They Know It: Revelations about Revelation; Part III. New Writings. Guidance for a New Age and a New Paganism; A Moorish Koran and a New Age Bible; It's All in the Mind: Christian Science and A Course in Miracles; Conclusion: New Religions, New Bibles. From the library of Aleister Crowley scholar Martin P. Starr with a "post it note" with his printed name used as a book mark. "As new". A bright clean copy in Fine condition (no dust jacket issued). Item #68094
ISBN: 9781137434821
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