Regulating Religion Case Studies from Around the Globe

Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents, through the inclusion of contributions by international scholars, a global examination of how a number of contemporary societies are regulating religious groups. It focuses on legal efforts to exert social control over such groups, es...

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Other Authors: Richardson, James T. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2004, 2004
Edition:1st ed. 2004
Series:Critical Issues in Social Justice
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 12. New Religions in the Republic of Italy
  • 13. Foredoomed to Failure: The Anti-Cult Movement in the Netherlands
  • 14. Regulating New Religions in Denmark
  • 15. Social Justice and Minority Religions in Prison: The Case of England and Wales
  • 16. Legal Regulation of Religions in Russia: New Development
  • 17. New Religious Movements and the State in Poland
  • 18. Anti-Cult Movements and Governmental Reports on “Sects and Cults”: The Case of Poland
  • 19. Freedom of Religion and Minority Religions in Hungary
  • 20. Law and Religion in the Czech Republic: Recent Developments
  • 21. Religion and Society in Tension in Croatia: Social and Legal Status of Religious Communities
  • 22. Religion and Law in Uzbekistan: Renaissance and Repression in an Authoritarian Context
  • 23. Social Justice Issues in the Management of ReligiousDiversity in Australia
  • 24. The Rehabilitation and Regulation of Religion in Singapore
  • 1. Regulating Religion: A Sociologicaland Historical Introduction
  • 2. ‘Laïcité,’ ‘Dystopia,’ and the Reaction to New Religious Movements in France
  • 3. Anti-Cultism in the French Parliament: Desperate Last Stand or an Opportune Leap Forward? ACritical Analysis of the 12 June 2001 Act
  • 4. Is There a Unique French Policy of Cults? A European Perspective
  • 5. Holy Mountains and Anti-Cult Ecology: The Campaign against the Aumist Religion in France
  • 6. The German Enquete Commission on Sects: Political Conflicts and Compromises
  • 7. Germany’s Islamic Minority: Some Remarks on Historical and Legal Developments
  • 8. Belgium’s Anti-Sect Policy
  • 9. Pseudoscience versus Minority Religions: An Evaluation of the Brainwashing Theories of Jean-Marie Abgrall
  • 10. Brainwashing Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on Cults and Sects
  • 11. The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities, the Anti-Cult Movement, and Governmental Response
  • 25. Cult Controversies and Legal Developments Concerning New Religion s in Japan and China
  • 26. Religion, Law, and Minorities in India: Problems with Judicial Regulation
  • 27. Public Management of Religiou s Diversity in Canada: Development of Technocratic Pluralism
  • 28. The Legal Situation of Religious Minorities in Mexico: The Current Situation, Problems, and Conflicts
  • 29.Cult Controversies and Government Control of New Religious Movements in Argentina, 1985–2002
  • 30. State and Federal Cooperation in Regulating New Religions: Oregon versus the Bhagwan Rajneesh
  • 31. Mundane Materialism: Economic Survival and Theological Evolution within Jesus Movement Groups
  • 32. Medicalization and Regulation of Deviant Religions: An Application of Conrad and Schneider’s Model
  • 33. Religious Regulation and the Courts: The Judiciary’s Changing Role in Protecting Minority Religions from Majoritarian Rule
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