Challenging Religion

ISBN-13: 9780415309486 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 282 str.

Linda L. Layne; James Beckford

Opis

In the last half of the 20th century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another mushroomed throughout the US and Europe. Increasingly these groups have been met with attempts to monitor and control them on the part of the state, and concerns about the protection of religious consumers have been set against the democratic right to religious freedom.

Spis treści

Part I - New Religious Movements Part II - Religious Deviance and Control Part III - Religious Freedom and Empowerment Part IV- Philosophy and Methods

O autorze

James A. Beckford is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.
James T. Richardson is Professor of Sociology and Judicial Studies at the University of Reno, Nevada.