A Market in Prophecy: Secularism, Law, and the Economy of American Religious Publishing

This article examines Worldwide Church of God v. Philadelphia Church of God, an influential case in which the plaintiff church sued a splinter sect for the unauthorized publication of one of its founder’s prophetic works. In this case, both groups turned to legal rationales, either the maximalist cl...

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Main Author: Ventimiglia, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2017]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 3, Pages: 629-652
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Weltweite Kirche Gottes / Legal conflict / Philadelphia Church of God / Religious literature / Verlagssystem / Value / Religion / Market
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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