New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century : Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780415965774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 376 str.

Phillip Lucas; Tom Robbins

Opis

Examines the urgent and important issues facing new religions in their political, legal and religious contexts in global perspective. With essays from prominent new religious movement scholars, this book provides insight into the challenges facing religion in the 21st century.

Spis treści

Introduction; Alternative Religions, the State, and the Globe - Thomas Robbins; Section 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 Sphere - Brigitte Schoen; Section 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: Sub-plot to the Global Struggle against Al-Qaeda or Suppression of Legitimate Religious Opposition? - Brian Glyn Williams; Section 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; Section 4. North and South America 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; Section 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 - Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins; Conclusion: The Future of New and Minority Religions in the 21st Century: Religious Freedom under Global Siege - Phillip Charles Lucas

O autorze

Phillip Lucas is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stetson University. He is the author The Oddyssey of a New Religion and Prime Time Religion, with J. Gordon Melton and Jon Stone. He is also the founding editor of the journal iNova Religion. Tom Robbins, an independent scholar, has authored and edited many volumes including Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem (Routledge, 1997).