Download or read book Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements written by E. Gallagher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Jesus and the apocalypse, they develop their self-understandings through reading and writing scripture.