New religious movements in the twenty-first century :
New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective /
edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins.
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- 1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 1. Western Europe. General overview of the "cult scene" in Great Britain / Eileen Barker -- Religious minorities and new religious movements in Denmark / Armin W. Geertz and Mikael Rothstein -- France's obsession with the "sectarian threat" / Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- The secte response to religious discrimination : subversives, martyrs, or freedom fighters in the French sect wars? / Susan J. Palmer -- Italy's surprisingly favorable environment for religious minorities / Massimo Introvigne -- New religions in Germany : the publicity of the public square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 2. Eastern Europe and Eurasia. New religions in the new Russia / Marat Shterin -- New religious minorities in the Baltic States / Solveiga Krumina-Konkova -- Crushing Wahhabi fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 3. Africa, Asia, and Australia. Prophets, "false prophets," and the African state : emergent issues of religious freedom and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Religion on a leash : NRMs and the limits of Chinese freedom / Scott Lowe -- Consensus shattered : Japanese paradigm shift and moral panic in the post-Aum era / Ian Reader -- New religions in Australia : public menace or societal salvation? / James T. Richardson. pt. 4. North and South Americas. The mainstreaming of alternative spirituality in Brazil / Robert T. Carpenter -- The fate of NRMs and their detractors in twenty-first century America / J. Gordon Melton -- New religions and the anticult movement in Canada / Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- pt. 5. Theoretical considerations. New religious movements and globalization / James A. Beckford -- Apocalypse 9/11 / John R. Hall -- Establishments and sects in the Islamic world / Mark Sedgwick -- Research on new religious movements in the post-9/11 world / Benjamin Zablocki and J. Anna Looney --Cults, porn, and hate : convergent discourses on First Amendment restriction / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas.
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Cults.
Sects.
Religion and law.
Religion and state.
Religion and sociology.
Religions.
Cultes.
Sectes.
Religion et droit.
Religion et État.
Sociologie religieuse.
RELIGION--History.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Religious.
Cults.
Religion and law.
Religion and sociology.
Religion and state.
Religions.
Sects.
Religion
Religion and state.
Religion And Law.
Sects.
Religions.
Religion and sociology.
Cults.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Liberté de religion.
Religion.
Secte.
Sociologie religieuse.
21e siècle.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BP603 / .N495 2004eb
200/.9/051
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 1. Western Europe. General overview of the "cult scene" in Great Britain / Eileen Barker -- Religious minorities and new religious movements in Denmark / Armin W. Geertz and Mikael Rothstein -- France's obsession with the "sectarian threat" / Danièle Hervieu-Léger -- The secte response to religious discrimination : subversives, martyrs, or freedom fighters in the French sect wars? / Susan J. Palmer -- Italy's surprisingly favorable environment for religious minorities / Massimo Introvigne -- New religions in Germany : the publicity of the public square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 2. Eastern Europe and Eurasia. New religions in the new Russia / Marat Shterin -- New religious minorities in the Baltic States / Solveiga Krumina-Konkova -- Crushing Wahhabi fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 3. Africa, Asia, and Australia. Prophets, "false prophets," and the African state : emergent issues of religious freedom and conflict / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Religion on a leash : NRMs and the limits of Chinese freedom / Scott Lowe -- Consensus shattered : Japanese paradigm shift and moral panic in the post-Aum era / Ian Reader -- New religions in Australia : public menace or societal salvation? / James T. Richardson. pt. 4. North and South Americas. The mainstreaming of alternative spirituality in Brazil / Robert T. Carpenter -- The fate of NRMs and their detractors in twenty-first century America / J. Gordon Melton -- New religions and the anticult movement in Canada / Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe -- pt. 5. Theoretical considerations. New religious movements and globalization / James A. Beckford -- Apocalypse 9/11 / John R. Hall -- Establishments and sects in the Islamic world / Mark Sedgwick -- Research on new religious movements in the post-9/11 world / Benjamin Zablocki and J. Anna Looney --Cults, porn, and hate : convergent discourses on First Amendment restriction / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas.
0203508327 9780203508329 9786610289059 6610289050 9780415965774 0415965772 9780415965767 0415965764
X4-H44423
2003021305
GBA4-Z9462
010981809 Uk
Cults.
Sects.
Religion and law.
Religion and state.
Religion and sociology.
Religions.
Cultes.
Sectes.
Religion et droit.
Religion et État.
Sociologie religieuse.
RELIGION--History.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Religious.
Cults.
Religion and law.
Religion and sociology.
Religion and state.
Religions.
Sects.
Religion
Religion and state.
Religion And Law.
Sects.
Religions.
Religion and sociology.
Cults.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Liberté de religion.
Religion.
Secte.
Sociologie religieuse.
21e siècle.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BP603 / .N495 2004eb
200/.9/051
