New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America
2nd Edition
Published on 30. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-0-918954-92-3 (ISBN)
Description
New nontraditional religious movements are the most likely groups to offend mainstream culture and the least likely to have representatives in government to ensure that their liberty is protected. These new religious movements are sometimes ostracized and subject to various forms of discrimination. 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, just as groups such as the Jehovah's Witnesses did formerly. This book explores the problems and possibilities posed by new religious movements for religious liberty in America.
Reviews / Votes
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 CollegeMore details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
387 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-918954-92-3 (9780918954923)
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Persons
Derek H. Davis is director of the J.M. Dawson Institute on Church-State Studies at Baylor University. Editor of the Journal of Church and State, his publications include Original Intent: Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Course of American Church-State Relations (1991) and Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contributions to Original Intent (2000). He has also published extensively in various law and academic journals. Barry Hankins is Associate Professor of History and Church-State Studies at Baylor University. He is author of God's Rascal: J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of Southern Fundamentalism (1996) and Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture (2002). He is also co-editor with Derek Davis of Welfare Reform and Faith-Based Organizations (1999).
Content
Acknowledgement
Preface
Introduction
Barry Hankins
1. Controversial Christian Movements: History, Growth, and Outlook
Timothy Miller
2. The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America
Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon
3. A Contemporary Ordered Religious Community: The Sea Organization
J. Gordon Melton
4. Women in Controversial New Religions: Slaves, Priestesses, or Pioneers?
Susan J. Palmer
5. Satanism and Witchcraft: Social Construction of a Melded but Mistaken Identity
James T. Richardson
6. A Critical Analysis of Evidentiary and Procedural Rulings in Branch Davidian Civil Case
Stuart A. Wright
7. New Religious Movements and Conflicts with Law Enforcement
Catherine Wessinger
8. Christian Reconstruction after Y2K: Gary North, the New Millennium, and Religious Freedom
Adam C. English
9. A Not So Charitable Choice: New Religious Movements and President Bush's Plan for Faith-Based Social Services
Derek H. Davis
10. Fighting for Free Exercise from the Trenches: A Case Study of Religious Freedom Issues Faced by Wiccans Practicing in the United States
Catharine Cookson
11. The Persecution of West Virginia Jehovah's Witnesses and the Expansion of Legal Protection for Religious Liberty
Chuck Smith
Notes
About the Contributors
Index
Preface
Introduction
Barry Hankins
1. Controversial Christian Movements: History, Growth, and Outlook
Timothy Miller
2. The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America
Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon
3. A Contemporary Ordered Religious Community: The Sea Organization
J. Gordon Melton
4. Women in Controversial New Religions: Slaves, Priestesses, or Pioneers?
Susan J. Palmer
5. Satanism and Witchcraft: Social Construction of a Melded but Mistaken Identity
James T. Richardson
6. A Critical Analysis of Evidentiary and Procedural Rulings in Branch Davidian Civil Case
Stuart A. Wright
7. New Religious Movements and Conflicts with Law Enforcement
Catherine Wessinger
8. Christian Reconstruction after Y2K: Gary North, the New Millennium, and Religious Freedom
Adam C. English
9. A Not So Charitable Choice: New Religious Movements and President Bush's Plan for Faith-Based Social Services
Derek H. Davis
10. Fighting for Free Exercise from the Trenches: A Case Study of Religious Freedom Issues Faced by Wiccans Practicing in the United States
Catharine Cookson
11. The Persecution of West Virginia Jehovah's Witnesses and the Expansion of Legal Protection for Religious Liberty
Chuck Smith
Notes
About the Contributors
Index