Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements New Bibles and New Revelations
Description
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.
Keywords
ReligionComparative ReligionSocial ScienceSociology of ReligionLiterary CriticismSociology
2014Book
Author(s)E. Gallagher
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137434821
LanguageEnglish
