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CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS TIMELINE 1953 (July 2):  Douglas St. Clair Smith, who would later become known as Ivan Stang, a key co-founder of the Church of the SubGenius was born. 1979:  Ivan Stang and Philo Drummond (born Steve Wilcox) co-founded the organisation in Dallas, Texas. 1980:  The church’s first pamphlet titled "Pamphlet #1" was published. 1980s:  Throughout the decade, the church grew its membership through a grassroots campaign that utilised a range of media forms. 1983:  The Book of the SubGenius one of the main scriptures of the Church, was published. 1984:  The "High Epopt" or "Overman First Degree" of the church, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, was reportedly assassinated by a disgruntled follower. 1992:  Arise!: The Church of the SubGenius indoctrination videotape was released. 1994:  Revelation X: The “Bob” Apocryphon…

NEO-AMERICAN CHURCH TIMELINE 1928 (April 17):  Arthur J. Kleps was born in New York City. 1960:  High school and prison psychologist Arthur (Art) Kleps and his wife Sally first experimented with the psychedelic substance mescaline and had transformative experiences. 1963 (November 1):  The Neo-American Church (NAC) was founded by Kleps and incorporated in California. 1963 (December):  After reading an account of psychedelic researchers Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert moving to the Hitchcock estate in Millbrook, NY, Kleps wrote to Leary and was invited to visit for the first of many times. 1964 (Winter):  Kleps was fired from his job as a school psychologist for distributing a memo he had written suggesting that marijuana use was not dangerous. Kleps began experimenting with LSD at this time. 1965 (April):  The NAC rented…

T&L RESOURCES The resources listed in this section of the Teaching &Learning Project offer a variety of materials useful in preparing and delivering courses in the area of alternative and emerging religious and spiritual movements. Course Syllabi Authored Course Texts Edited Volumes Journals, Blogs, Websites, Academic Associations   Individual Religious and Spiritual Traditions Donald Westbrook. 2022. L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Documentaries Dereck Daschke and Michael Ashcraft. 2005. New Religious Movements: A Documentary Reader. New York: New York University Press. The Teaching Process In addition to the titles listed here, the American Academy of Religion sponsors a book series on Teaching Religious Studies W. Michael Ashcraft. 2019. A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements. New York: Routledge. David G. Bromley, ed. 2007. Teaching…

COURSE RESOURCES The resources listed in this section of the Teaching &Learning Project represent the most recent available volumes are are intended primarily for academics organizing courses on alternative and emerging religious/spiritual movements. Recent Authored Course Texts Lorne. Dawson. 2017. Cults in Context: Readings in the Study of New Religious Movements. Toronto: Oxford University. Joseph Laycock. 2022. New Religious Movements: The Basics. New York: Routledge. Hugh Urban. 2015. New Age, Neopagan, and New Religious Movements: Alternative Spirituality in Contemporary America. Berkeley: University of California Press. Recent Edited Volumes Eileen Barker and Beth Singler, eds. 2021. Radical Transformations in Minority Religions. New York: Routledge. Henrik Bogdan and James R. Lewis, eds. 2016.  Sexuality and New Religious Movements. ‎ London: Palgrave Macmillan. Emily Suzanne Clark and Brad Stoddard. 2019. Race and New…