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

✍ Scribed by Phillip Lucas

• Publisher: Routledge [Taylor & Francis]
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 320
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

New Religious Movements in the 21st Century is the first volume to examine the urgent and important issues facing new religions in their political, legal and religious contexts in global perspective. With essays from prominent NRM scholars and usefully organized into four regional areas covering Western Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, Russia and Eastern Europe, and North and South America, as well as a concluding section on the major themes of globalization and terrorist violence, this book provides invaluable insight into the challenges facing religion in the twenty-first century. An introduction by Tom Robbins provides an overview of the major issues and themes discussed in the book.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part I: Western Europe......Page 32
1 General Overview of the “Cult Scene” in Great Britain......Page 33
2 Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements in Denmark......Page 40
3 France’s Obsession with the “Sectarian Threat"......Page 51
4 The Secte Response to Religious Discrimination......Page 60
5 Italy’s Surprisingly Favorable Environment for Religious Minorities......Page 71
6 New Religions in Germany......Page 79
Part 2: Eastern Europe and Eurasia......Page 89
7 New Religions in the New Russia......Page 90
8 New Religious Minorities in the Baltic States......Page 106
9 Crushing Wahhabi Fundamentalists in Central Asia and the Caucasus......Page 115
Part 3: Africa, Asia, and Australia......Page 131
10 Prophets, “False Prophets” and the African State......Page 132
11 Religion on a Leash......Page 157
12 Consensus Shattered......Page 167
13 New Religions in Australia......Page 176
Part 4: North and South America......Page 183
14 The Mainstreaming of Alternative Spirituality in Brazil......Page 184
15 The Fate of NRMs and their Detractors in Twenty-First Century America......Page 198
16 New Religions and the Anticult Movement in Canada......Page 208
Part 3: Theoretical Consideration......Page 216
17 New Religious Movements and Globalization......Page 217
18 Apocalypse 9/11......Page 226
19 Establishments and Sects in the Islamic World......Page 242
20 Research on New Religious Movements in the Post-9/11 World......Page 268
21 Cults, Porn, and Hate......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 292
Index......Page 307