New Religious Movements And Religious Liberty In America

Author : Derek Davis
Publisher : J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies Baylo Ity
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America written by Derek Davis and published by J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies Baylo Ity. This book was released on 2002 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the measure of a healthy and civilized society is how well it treats its elderly and indigent. Perhaps it should be said also that the measure of the health of religious liberty in a society is the degree to which minority, nontraditional faiths are protected. This book is a collection of essays on the subject of religious liberty and new religious movements (NRMs). NRMs are often called "cults" by popular media commentators and the public at large, but scholars eschew that term because it is so pejorative that it skews the argument from the very beginning. By contrast, the term "new religious movements" attempts to place NRMs squarely in the mix with older, more traditional forms of religion. This is due in part to the fact that in America there should be no correlation between the level of social approval a group has achieved and the degree of religious liberty it enjoys. As the Supreme Court itself averred famously in the 1872 case Watson v. Jones, "The Law knows no heresy and is committed to the support of no dogma, the establishment of no sect." Each author represented in this volume believes that NRMs should enjoy the same liberties as more mainstream religions. If the book has a bias, it is a bias in favor of religious liberty. The authors believe that if the First Amendment is applied to protect the newest, nontraditional, seemingly unusual religions (by the standards of the majority of the population), then nearly everyone is safe as far as religious liberty is concerned. -- "The Cult Awareness Network and the Anticult Movement: Implications for NRMs in America" by Anson Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Kendrick Moxon -- "Scientology: Separating Truthfrom Fiction" by Heber C. Jentzsch -- "Witchcraft and Satanism" by Stuart A. Wright -- "Women in Controversial New Religions: Slaves, Priestesses, or Pioneers" by Susan Palmer -- "New Religious Movements and Conflicts with Law Enforcement Agencies" by Catherine Wessinger

Author : Eugene V. Gallagher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313062919
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book The New Religious Movements Experience in America written by Eugene V. Gallagher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactions—often because they challenge established notions of proper religious action, belief, and morality. Opponents of new religious movements often brand them as cults and urge their fellow citizens, their own religions, and even the government to take action against what they see as suspicious and potentially dangerous movements; the members often complain that their motives have been misconstrued and argue that their groups are unfairly persecuted. The New Religious Movements Experience in America outlines the conflict between representatives of the status quo and new religions and examines how these groups appear both to their members and to their cultural opponents. This work is ideal for anyone—students, parents, and teachers—who wish to gain a deeper understanding of new religious movements in America. New religions have always been part of the American religious landscape, and this book moves beyond the contemporary period to discuss examples of new religions that have originated, survived or died, and sometimes prospered throughout U. S. history. Among the groups discussed are the Mormons, the Peoples Temple, the Branch Davidians, Spiritualism, Theosophy, the Church Universal and Triumphant, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Soka Gakkai, the Nation of Islam, Wiccans and neo-Pagans, the Church of Satan, the Church of Scientology, Heaven's Gate, and the Raelians. The New Religious Movements Experience in America includes a glossary and a list of resources for those interested in doing further research on the experience of the followers of new religions.

Author : William C. Shepherd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
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Download or read book To Secure the Blessings of Liberty written by William C. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Phillip Charles Lucas
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415965767
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements in the Twenty-first Century written by Phillip Charles Lucas and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Charles Miles Snow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book Religious Liberty in America written by Charles Miles Snow and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Derek Davis
Publisher : Baylor University Press
ISBN 13 : 0918954924
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Religious Movements and Religious Liberty in America written by Derek Davis and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Henry B. Clark
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780878559251
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom of Religion in America: Historical Roots, Philosophical Concepts, Contemporary Problems written by Henry B. Clark and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting perceptive essays on various aspects of religious liberty, the contributors to this volume provide an overview of the history and the issues surrounding religion in America.

Author : Sanford Hoadley Cobb
Publisher : New York : MacMillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
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Download or read book The Rise of Religious Liberty in America written by Sanford Hoadley Cobb and published by New York : MacMillan. This book was released on 1902 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce T. Murray
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558496385
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Religious Liberty in America written by Bruce T. Murray and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years a series of highly publicized controversies has focused attention on what are arguably the sixteen most important words in the U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The ongoing court battles over the inclusion of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, the now annual cultural quarrel over "Merry Christmas" vs. "Happy Holidays," and the political promotion of "faith-based initiatives" to address social problems?all reflect competing views of the meaning of the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment. Such disputes, as Bruce T. Murray shows, are nothing new. For more than two hundred years Americans have disagreed about the proper role of religion in public life and where to draw the line between church and state. In this book, he reexamines these debates and distills the volumes of commentary and case law they have generated. He analyzes not only the changing contours of religious freedom but also the phenomenon of American civil religion, grounded in the notion that the nation's purpose is sanctified by a higher authority?an idea that can be traced back to the earliest New England colonists and remains deeply ingrained in the American psyche. Throughout the book, Murray connects past and present, tracing the historical roots of contemporary controversies. He considers why it is that a country founded on the separation of church and state remains singularly religious among nations, and concludes by showing how the Supreme Court's thinking about the religious liberty clauses has evolved since the late eighteenth century.

Author : Philip Schaff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
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Download or read book Church and State in the United States, Or, The American Idea of Religious Liberty and Its Practical Effects written by Philip Schaff and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: