Challenging Religion

ISBN-13: 9781138880047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str.

Professor James A. Beckford; Professor James T. Richardson

Opis

In the last half century new religious movements or cults of one sort and another have 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. In this collection, leading sociologists of religion from the UK, US, Western and Eastern Europe debate the political, practical and ethical issues which arise from these changes in the religious landscape.

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.