Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe

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James T. Richardson
Springer Science & Business Media, 6. dec. 2012 - 578 strani

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, especially through court cases, but also with selected major legislative attempts to regulate them. As such, this analysis falls within the broad area of the sociology of social control and more specifically, legal social control, a topic of great interest when studying how contemporary societies attempt to maintain social order. The factual details about social and legal developments in societies where religion has been defined as problematic include Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.

This book will be of interest to researchers and students in the sociology of religion, the sociology of law, social policy, and religious studies as well as policy makers.

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I Special Problem Areas in Western Europe
23
2 Lalcite Dystopia and the Reactionto New Religious Movementsin France
27
3 AntiCultism in the FrenchParliament
41
4 Is There a Unique French Policy of Cults?
53
5 Holy Mountains and AntiCult Ecology
73
6 The German Enquete Commission on Sects
84
7 Germanys Islamic Minority
103
8 Belgiums AntiSect Policy
113
19 Freedom of Religion and Minority Religions in Hungary
279
20 Law and Religion in the Czech Republic
294
21 Religion and Society in Tensionin Croatia
299
22 Religion and Law in Uzbekistan
319
IV Australia India and the Far East
331
23 Social Justice Issues in the Management of Religious Diversity in Australia
333
24 The Rehabilitation and Regulation of Religion in Singapore
343
25 Cult Controversies and Legal Developments Concerning New Religions in Japan and China
359

9 Pseudoscience versus Minority Religions
126
10 Brainwashing Theories in European Parliamentary and AdministrativeReports on Cults and Sects
151
11 The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities the AntiCult Movement and Governmental Response
179
II More Tolerant European Countries
201
12 New Religions in the Republic of Italy
203
13 Foredoomed to Failure
213
14 Regulating New Religions in Denmark
220
15 Social Justice and Minority Religions in Prison
237
III Former Communist Countries andthe Treatment of Minority Religions
243
16 Legal Regulation of Religionsin Russia
246
17 New Religions Movements and the State in Poland
259
18 AntiCult Movements and Governmental Reports onSects and Cults
266
26 Religion Law and Minorities in India
381
V North and South America
415
27 Public Management of Religious Diversity in Canada
418
28 The Legal Situation of Religious Minorities in Mexico
441
29 Cult Controversies and Government Control of New Religious Movements in Argentina 19852002
453
30 State and Federal Cooperation in Regulating New Religions
476
31 Mundane Materialism
491
32 Medicalization and Regulation of Deviant Religions
506
33 Religious Regulation and the Courts
535
About the Editor
555
Index
557
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