Eugene V Gallagher
Biographic Data
| ID | 263117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene V Gallagher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene V |
| FAMILY NAME | Gallagher |
| SIGNATURE | GALLAGHER E V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Connecticut College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6515-1438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reflections on Wolfart, Challenges to Religious Literacy, and Course Design
Despite its recent prominence as a rationale for the academic study of religion, Professor Wolfart shows both that “religious literacy” has been poorly defined and that little evidence has been adduced for its positive effects. Yet the institutional and social pressures that have led some to embrace religious literacy as a positive argument for the academic study of religion persist, and the essay offers no alternative conception of the broad goa…
Through a Glass Darkly
Book Review| May 01 2017 Through a Glass Darkly: First-Person Accounts of Scientology Blown for Good: Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology. By Marc Headley. BFG Books, 2010. 396 pages. $14.95 cloth; $11.95 paper; ebook available.My Billion Year Contract: Memoir of a Former Scientologist. By Nancy Many and Chris Many. CNM Publishing, 2009. 360 pages. $19.95 paper; ebook available.The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology Tried t…
Patient–Physician Relationship
No topic is more central to a general understanding of medicine in modern society than the patient–physician relationship. Few topics have so actively focused the attention of social scientists, the thinking public, and medical/health practitioners. No other topic is so closely keyed to the emergence in the 1950s of medical sociology as a distinct, important, and very sizable field of research, teaching, and public policy relevance in sociology. …
Visioning New and Minority Religions: Projecting the Future
Scientology’s Sunday Service: Scripture in Action
Although they have received little scholarly attention, the communal rituals of the Church of Scientology, particularly the Sunday service, provide a distinctive perspective on how the Church, through the presiding minister, uses a selection of its scriptural texts to form the consciousness and attitudes of those in attendance. While several elements of the Sunday service are invariable, the minister must craft each service by choosing from among…
Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements: New Bibles and New Revelations
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
Alternative Christianities
This essay introduces the four articles in this volume by describing how the groups they address constitute “alternative Christianities.” That is, each of the groups discussed draws upon the wealth of symbolic religious capital contained primarily in the Christian scriptures while at the same proposing such innovative understandings of it that they are often considered by both their originators and the broader culture as sufficiently different as…
Catastrophic Millennialism
Extraterrestrial Exegesis: The Raëlian Movement as a Biblical Religion
Interpretation of the Bible has played a central role in the origins and development of the Raëlian movement. Claude Vorilhon's first encounter with the "Elohim" was immediately followed by an intensive week of Bible study that gave him a new identity as the messianic prophet "Raël," a new direction for his life as the earthly ambassador of the Elohim, and a new doctrine that would serve as the intellectual foundation of a new religious movement.…
The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect. By Kenneth G. C. Newport
Journal Article The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect. By Kenneth G. C. Newport Get access The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect. By Kenneth G. C. Newport. Oxford University Press, 2006. 500 pages. $49.95. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the…
Cults" and "New Religious Movements
Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: [5 Volumes]
Most new or alternative religious are gravely misunderstood by members of the religious mainstream. Labeled cults or sects, groups and their members are often ridiculed or otherwise disregarded as weird and potentially dangerous by the populace at large. Despite their efforts at educating the general public, the various anti- and counter-cult activists have in fact promoted much more mis-understanding than accurate understanding of the religious …
The New Religious Movements Experience in America
Wherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactions—often because they challenge established notions of proper religious action, belief, and morality. Opponents of new religious movements often brand them as cults and urge their fellow citizens, their own religions, and even …
Questioning the Frame: The Canadian, Israeli and US Reports
(2002). Questioning the Frame: The Canadian, Israeli and US Reports. Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 109-122
The Persistence of the Millennium: Branch Davidian Expectations of the End after “Waco”
Research Article| April 01 2000 The Persistence of the Millennium: Branch Davidian Expectations of the End after "Waco" Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2000) 3 (2): 303–319. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2000.3.2.303 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Mai…
Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream
Book Review| October 01 2000 Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream. Edited by Jonathan D. Sarna. University of Illinois Press, 1998. 377 pages. $21.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2000) 4 (1): 166–167. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.166 Views Icon…
Negotiating Salvation
Meeting Report| October 01 1999 Negotiating Salvation Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 3 (1): 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1999.3.1.27 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citati…
Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front
Book Review| October 01 1999 Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front. By John C. Green, James L. Guth, Corwin E. Smidt, and Lyman A. Kellstedt. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996. 369 pages. $69.50 cloth, $26.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) …
Rethinking “Gnosticism”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category
Book Review| April 01 1999 Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category. By Michael Allen Williams. Princeton University Press, 1996. 335 pages. $49.50 cloth. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 2 (2): 332–333. https://doi.org/10.152…
Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream
Book Review| April 01 1999 Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream. Edited by Jonathan D. Sarna. University of Illinois Press, 1998. 377 pages. $21.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 2 (2): 325–326. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.325 Views Icon V…
Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright
(1999). Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright. Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 69-73
The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology . Vernon K. Robbins
The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience and Contemporary Culture . Robert A. Segal , June Singer , Murray Stein
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World. Peter Brown
God and country: Revolution as a religious imperative on the radical right
This article examines three different appeals to the legitimizing power of religion in the literature of the contemporary radical right. It focuses first on the interpretation of the Christian Bible in The Field Manual of the Free Militia, second on the more diffuse references to a new civil religion in William Pierce's two novels, Hunter and The Turner Diaries, and finally on the myths and rituals that are growing up around the date of April 19.…
Cults" and "New Religious Movements
Conversion and Community in Late Antiquity
Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright
(1999). Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright. Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 69-73
God and country: Revolution as a religious imperative on the radical right
This article examines three different appeals to the legitimizing power of religion in the literature of the contemporary radical right. It focuses first on the interpretation of the Christian Bible in The Field Manual of the Free Militia, second on the more diffuse references to a new civil religion in William Pierce's two novels, Hunter and The Turner Diaries, and finally on the myths and rituals that are growing up around the date of April 19.…
A Religion without Converts? Becoming a Neo-Pagan
Journal Article A Religion without Converts? Becoming a Neo-Pagan Get access Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXII, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 851–868, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXII.3.851 Published: 01 October 1994
Hellenistic Mystery-Religions. Their Basic Ideas and Significance
The New Religions of Africa
Journal Article The New Religions of Africa, edited by Benetta Jules-Rosette. Norwood NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp., 1979, xii & 248 pp. $19.95 Get access Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 40, Issue 3, Fall 1979, Pages 268–269, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710249 Published: 01 October 1979
Social-Scientific Study of Religion
SOCIAL-SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION Get access Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual. By Richard Huntington and Peter Metcalf. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. xv+230 pages, bibliography, index $21.95. ISBN 0-521-22531-0. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIX, Issu…
Religious Innovation in Africa: Collected Essays on New Religious Movements
Journal Article Religious Innovation in Africa: Collected Essays on New Religious Movements, by Harold W. Turner. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1979, 354 pp. $25.00 Get access Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 42, Issue 3, Fall 1981, Pages 301–302, https://doi.org/10.2307/3711049 Published: 01 October 1981
The social world of Saint Paul
Greek Apologists of the Second Century . Robert M. Grant
Homer or Moses? Early Christian Interpretations of the History of Culture . Arthur J. Droge
Hellenismus und Urchristentum: Gesammelte Aufsätze I. Hans Dieter Betz
Understanding Conversion . Karl F. Morrison
Conversion and Community in Late Antiquity
Heresy and Criticism: The Search for Authenticity in Early Christian Literature . Robert M. Grant
A Religion without Converts? Becoming a Neo-Pagan
Journal Article A Religion without Converts? Becoming a Neo-Pagan Get access Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LXII, Issue 3, Fall 1994, Pages 851–868, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LXII.3.851 Published: 01 October 1994
The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation
Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America
Journal Article Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America. By James D. Tabor and Eugene V. Gallagher. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. xiv, 255 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-520-20186-8.) Get access David Edwin Harrell David Edwin Harrell Auburn University, Auburn University, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 1, June 1996, Pages…
The Allure of Gnosticism: The Gnostic Experience and Contemporary Culture . Robert A. Segal , June Singer , Murray Stein
Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World. Peter Brown
God and country: Revolution as a religious imperative on the radical right
This article examines three different appeals to the legitimizing power of religion in the literature of the contemporary radical right. It focuses first on the interpretation of the Christian Bible in The Field Manual of the Free Militia, second on the more diffuse references to a new civil religion in William Pierce's two novels, Hunter and The Turner Diaries, and finally on the myths and rituals that are growing up around the date of April 19.…
Negotiating Salvation
Meeting Report| October 01 1999 Negotiating Salvation Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 3 (1): 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1999.3.1.27 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citati…
Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front
Book Review| October 01 1999 Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front Religion and the Culture Wars: Dispatches from the Front. By John C. Green, James L. Guth, Corwin E. Smidt, and Lyman A. Kellstedt. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996. 369 pages. $69.50 cloth, $26.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) …
Rethinking “Gnosticism”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category
Book Review| April 01 1999 Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category Rethinking "Gnosticism": An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category. By Michael Allen Williams. Princeton University Press, 1996. 335 pages. $49.50 cloth. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 2 (2): 332–333. https://doi.org/10.152…
Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream
Book Review| April 01 1999 Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream. Edited by Jonathan D. Sarna. University of Illinois Press, 1998. 377 pages. $21.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (1999) 2 (2): 325–326. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.325 Views Icon V…
Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright
(1999). Going by the book: A response to Stuart Wright. Terrorism and Political Violence: Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 69-73
The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology . Vernon K. Robbins
The Persistence of the Millennium: Branch Davidian Expectations of the End after “Waco”
Research Article| April 01 2000 The Persistence of the Millennium: Branch Davidian Expectations of the End after "Waco" Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2000) 3 (2): 303–319. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2000.3.2.303 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Mai…
Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream
Book Review| October 01 2000 Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream Minority Faiths and the American Protestant Mainstream. Edited by Jonathan D. Sarna. University of Illinois Press, 1998. 377 pages. $21.95 paper. Eugene V. Gallagher Eugene V. Gallagher Connecticut College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2000) 4 (1): 166–167. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.166 Views Icon…
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