Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the GlobeJames 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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... societies. Separation of church and state seems almost an antiquated concept in the modern world, as governments of all kinds grapple with religiously motivated citizens attempting to influence what happens in their society. This ...
... society. The judiciary enforces laws, which themselves have been established by a process that usually involves the courts in interaction with the executive and legislative authorities within the society. Presumedly, this process ...
... society. As judicial authorities act normatively, they may at the same time be discriminating against certain unpopular groups. Discretion and discrimination in the operation of a judicial system can occur even in a situation that has a ...
... society where they develop, at least initially. There is considerable “relational and cultural distance” between most NRMs and those in positions of authority. Rod Stark, in his acclaimed, The Rise of Christianity (Stark, 1996), makes ...
... societies more dominated by one or a few religious traditions, and with a political structure that supports this ... society officially support pluralism (see Hume, 1995; Ireland, 1999, Bouma, herein; Richardson, 14 James T. Richardson.
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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 |
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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 |