New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America

ISBN-13: 9781481314602 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 246 str.

Derek Davis; Barry Hankins

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• Acknowledgement
• Preface
• Introduction, Barry Hankins
• 1. Controversial Christian Movements: History, Growth, and Outlook, Timothy Miller
• 2. The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America, Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon
• 3. A Contemporary Ordered Religious Community: The Sea Organization, J. Gordon Melton
• 4. Women in Controversial New Religions: Slaves, Priestesses, or Pioneers?, Susan J. Palmer
• 5. Satanism and Witchcraft: Social Construction of a Melded but Mistaken Identity, James T. Richardson
• 6. A Critical Analysis of Evidentiary and Procedural Rulings in Branch Davidian Civil Case, Stuart A. Wright
• 7. New Religious Movements and Conflicts with Law Enforcement, Catherine Wessinger
• 8. Christian Reconstruction after Y2K: Gary North, the New Millennium, and Religious Freedom, Adam C. English
• 9. A Not So Charitable Choice: New Religious Movements and President Bush's Plan for Faith-Based Social Services, Derek H. Davis
• 10. Fighting for Free Exercise from the Trenches: A Case Study of Religious Freedom Issues Faced by Wiccans Practicing in the United States, Catharine Cookson
• 11. The Persecution of West Virginia Jehovah's Witnesses and the Expansion of Legal Protection for Religious Liberty, Chuck Smith
• Notes
• About the Contributors
• Index