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New Religious Movements and Science

Authors
Bigliardi, Stefano
Year
2023
Type
book
Source
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne, Australia
DOI
10.1017/9781009104203
ISBN
978-1-009-10420-3
Language
english

Abstract

This Element shows how New Religious Movements variously conceptualise science and provides with an overview of the scholarly conversation. It does so by analysing the different ways, five movements (Dianetics/Scientology, the Raëlian Movement, Falun Gong, Stella Azzurra and Bambini di Satana) include references to science in their doctrines