New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective / edited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, (c)2004.Description: xi, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
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  • BP603.R636.N497 2004
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Contents:
Thomas Robbins -- part 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" / Daniele Hervieu-Leger -- 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 --
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 -- part 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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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe Thomas Robbins -- part 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" / Daniele Hervieu-Leger -- 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 --

part 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 -- part 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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