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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
2004, 2004
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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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