RT Book
T1 Copyrighting God: ownership of the sacred in American religion
A1 Ventimiglia, Andrew
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
ED 1st ed.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1908009896
AB Copyrighting God provides the first detailed account of how American religious organizations - from Christian Science to the Church of Scientology - used copyright in sacred texts not simply for economic gain but also for social organization and control and, in doing so, sought to appropriate secular law for spiritual ends.
AB Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Owning the Sacred -- Part 1 The Angelic Author and the Sacred Work: The Legal Mediation of Religion in The Urantia Book -- 1 Spirited Possessions: The Sacred Work of Copyright Law -- 2 The Angels' Share: Divining Sacred Authorship in the Courtroom -- Part 2 The Doctrines of Religion and Law -- 3 Authorship and Authority in Intellectual Property: The Copyright Activism of Mary Baker Eddy -- 4 A Market in Prophecy: Secular Law and the Economy of American Religious Publishing -- 5 Digital Liability and the Church of Scientology: Copyright, Secrecy, and Human Agency Online -- Conclusion: The Afterlife of Intellectual Property -- References -- Index.
OP 258
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 346.7304/82
SN 978-1-108-34944-4