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Challenging Religion.

Leading scholars examine the growth of new religious movements or cults in the US and Europe over the last 50 years and state attempts to monitor and control them, debating the political, practical and ethical issues which arise.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beckford, James A.
Otros Autores: Richardson, James T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Absolutes and relatives: two problems for new religious movements; 2 Cults, culture and manure: why the root of the second should be the first rather than the third; 3 Religion and the Internet: the global marketplace; 4 Religious groups and globalisation: a comparative perspective; 5 Religious groups and globalisation: a comparative perspective; 6 Notes on the contemporary peril to religious freedom.