Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements

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.

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