Saving Religion from Ballardhoo: Metaphysical Religion, the Government, and the Creation of Religious Criminals

This article examines the 1942 federal trial and convictions of Edna and Donald Ballard as an example of the way legal processes can create new types of religious criminals. Scholarship has tended to focus on the landmark US Supreme Court decision United States v. Ballard (1944), which contributed t...

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Main Author: Gray-Hildenbrand, Jenna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2023
In: Nova religio
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-28
Further subjects:B decree
B Law
B ascended masters
B mail fraud
B United States v. Ballard
B I AM Movement
B Edna Ballard
B metaphysical religion
B Guy Ballard
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