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The invention of sacred tradition

In the domain of religion, historically verifiable traditions coexist with recent innovations whose origins are spuriously projected back into time. This book examines the phenomenon of 'invented traditions' in religions ranging in time from Zoroastrianism to Scientology, and geographically from Tibet to North America and Europe

Print Book, English, 2007
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2007