CiNii 図書 - New religious movements in the twenty-first century : legal, political, and social challenges in global perspective

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.

Introduction Alternative Religions, the State, and the Globe Thomas Robbins Section 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' Daniele Hervieu-Leger 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 Sphere Brigitte Schoen Section 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: Sub-plot to the Global Struggle against Al-Qaeda or Suppression of Legitimate Religious Opposition? Brian Glyn Williams Section 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 Section 4. North and South America 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 Section 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 Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins Conclusion: The Future of New and Minority Religions in the 21st Century: Religious Freedom under Global Siege Phillip Charles Lucas

巻冊次: : pbk. ISBN 9780415965774

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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.

Introduction
Alternative Religions, the State, and the Globe - Thomas Robbins
Section 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' - Daniele Hervieu-Leger
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 Sphere - Brigitte Schoen
Section 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: Sub-plot to the Global Struggle against Al-Qaeda or Suppression of Legitimate Religious Opposition? - Brian Glyn Williams
Section 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
Section 4. North and South America 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
Section 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 - Dick Anthony and Thomas Robbins
Conclusion: The Future of New and Minority Religions in the 21st Century: Religious Freedom under Global Siege - Phillip Charles Lucas

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