{"product_id":"revelatory-events-9780691152899","title":"Revelatory Events","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fascinating and masterfully interdisciplinary study. . . . With the nuance and erudition made possible by Taves's keen historical eye, firm grasp of the cognitive social sciences, and all of the primary resources now available to scholars of religion, \u003ci\u003eRevelatory Events\u003c\/i\u003e represents the best of the comparative method in twenty-first century scholarship. . . . This book is highly recommended!\"\u003cb\u003e---Adam Powell, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Mormon History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRevelatory Events \u003c\/i\u003eis a book that anyone studying new religious movements is going to have to deal with for the foreseeable future. . . . [Taves'] comparative work and sophisticated analysis gives us a model for how good scholarship should be done.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Feltmate, \u003ci\u003eNova Religio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations and Tables vii  Preface xi  Acknowledgments xv  Abbreviations xvii  Introduction 1  Part 1 Making Meaning 13  Case Study A Restored Church 17  1 Translation 23  2 Materialization 50  3 Beginnings 66  Case Study An Anonymous Fellowship 82  4 Stories 89  5 Fellowship 110  6 Seeking 129  Case Study A Course in Miracles 151  7 Emergence 157  8 Teaching(s) 180  9 Roles 195  Part 2 Creating Paths 223  10 Groups 225  11 Selves 240  12 Motives 270  Conclusion 290  Appendix Discussion of Methods 297  Appendix Charts 311  Bibliography 331  Author Index 347  Subject Index 351","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403786330455,"sku":"9780691152899","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691152899.jpg?v=1730484542","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revelatory-events-9780691152899","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}