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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings Congresses |
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Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Derek Davis; Barry Hankins |
ISBN: | 0918954924 9780918954923 |
OCLC Number: | 52895492 |
Description: | viii, 238 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Controversial Christian movements : history, growth, and outlook / Timothy Miller -- The Cult Awareness Network and the anticult movement : implications for NRMs in America / Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon -- A contemporary ordered religious community : the Sea Organization / J. Gordon Melton -- Women in controversial new religions : slaves, priestesses, or pioneers? / Susan J. Palmer -- Satanism and witchcraft : social construction of a melded but mistaken identity / James T. Richardson -- A critical analysis of evidentiary and procedural rulings in Branch Davidian civil case / Stuart A. Wright -- New religious movements and conflicts with law enforcement / Catherine Wessinger -- Christian reconstruction after Y2K : Gary North, the new millennium, and religious freedom / Adam C. English -- A not so charitable choice : new religious movements and President Bush's plan for faith-based social services / Derek H. Davis -- Fighting for free exercise from the trenches : a case study of religious freedom issues faced by Wiccans practicing in the United States / Catharine Cookson -- The persecution of West Virginia Jehovah's Witnesses and the expansion of legal protection for religious liberty / Chuck Smith. |
Responsibility: | edited by Derek H. Davis and Barry Hankins. |
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Abstract:
As America becomes increasingly pluralistic, with more and more groups contributing to the nation's religious mosaic, new religious movements may well play an increasing role in the course of religious liberty in America. This book explores the problems and possibilities posed by new religious movements for religious liberty in America.
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This excellent treatment of contemporary developments on the religious scene offers fresh insights into the dynamics of new religious movements and will help to relieve one's anxieties about their baneful effects. After all, Christianity was once a new religion, and the freedom we demand for ourselves must also be allowed to these faiths. In today's secular world we stand side by side in the struggle for religious liberty. Richard V. Pierard, Indiana State University, and Scholar in Residence, Gordon College Read more...
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