Secret CousinsAnalogies in the Construction of Religious Authority through “Science” in Maurice Bucaille and Claude Vorilhon (Raël)
In this paper I discuss the work of two French authors who advocate a “scientific” exegesis of sacred scriptures: physician Maurice Bucaille (1922–1998) and religious leader Claude Vorilhon (alias Raël, b. 1946). Bucaille argues that the Qur’an’s divine origin is demonstrated by its accuracy about n...
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University of Californiarnia Press
2016
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Nova religio
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 34-58 |
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