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Copyrighting God : ownership of the sacred in American religion / Andrew Ventimiglia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ventimiglia, Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright infringement--United States--History.
- Copyright infringement.
- Intellectual property--United States--History.
- Intellectual property.
- Religious institutions--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Religious institutions.
- Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Religious minorities.
- Actions and defenses--United States.
- Actions and defenses.
- Religious minorities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Religious institutions--Law and legislation.
- History.
- United States.
- Religion and law--United States.
- Religion and law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Copyrighting God provides the first detailed account of how American religious organizations used copyright in sacred texts not simply for economic gain but also for social organization and control. Including chapters on the angelic authorship of The Urantia Book, Mary Baker Eddy's use of copyright to construct the Christian Science Church, interdenominational disputes in the Worldwide Church of God, and the Church of Scientology's landmark lawsuits against Internet service providers, this book examines how religious copyright owners mobilized the law in order to organize communities, protect sacred goods, produce new forms of spiritual identity, and even enchant the material world. In doing so, this book demonstrates that these organizations all engaged in complex efforts to harmonize legal arguments and theological rationales in order to care for and protect religious media, thereby coming to a nuanced understanding of secular law as a resource for, and obstacle to, their unique spiritual objectives.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Nov 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108349444
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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