LEADER 05306oam 2200829I 450 001 9910821976303321 005 20230617004115.0 010 $a1-135-88901-5 010 $a1-135-88902-3 010 $a1-299-28528-7 010 $a1-280-28905-8 010 $a9786610289059 010 $a0-203-50832-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203508329 035 $a(CKB)1000000000358576 035 $a(EBL)182924 035 $a(OCoLC)475897836 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000377285 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272846 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377285 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10337906 035 $a(PQKB)10138997 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304359 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12115290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304359 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285325 035 $a(PQKB)10539464 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182924 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182924 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10161570 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL28905 035 $a(OCoLC)62866766 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000358576 100 $a20180331d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNew religious movements in the twenty-first century $elegal, political, and social challenges in global perspective /$fedited by Phillip Charles Lucas and Thomas Robbins 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-96576-4 311 $a0-415-96577-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Alternative religions, the state, and the globe / Thomas Robbins -- pt. 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" / Danie?le Hervieu-Le?ger -- 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 square / Brigitte Schoen -- pt. 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 : subplot to the global struggle against Al Qa'ida or suppression of legitimate religious opposition? / Brian Glyn Williams -- pt. 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 -- 327 $apt. 4. North and South Americas. 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 -- pt. 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 / Thomas Robbin and Dick Anthony -- Conclusion. The future of new and minority religions in the twenty-first century : religious freedom under global siege / Philip Charles Lucas. 330 $aNew 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 centur 606 $aCults 606 $aSects 606 $aReligion and law 606 $aReligion and state 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aReligions 615 0$aCults. 615 0$aSects. 615 0$aReligion and law. 615 0$aReligion and state. 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 0$aReligions. 676 $a200/.9/051 686 $a11.05$2bcl 701 $aLucas$b Phillip Charles$01620492 701 $aRobbins$b Thomas$f1943-$0841910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821976303321 996 $aNew religious movements in the twenty-first century$93953296 997 $aUNINA