Legitimating New Religions by James R. Lewis

Legitimating New Religions

James R. Lewis

272 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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James R. Lewis has written the first book to deal explicitly with the issue of how emerging religions legitimate themselves. He contends that a new religion has at least four different, though overlapping, areas where legitimacy is a concern: maki...

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