Abstract
This volume focuses on the regulation of religion, particularly religious groups sometimes referred to pejoratively as “cults and sects” (Richardson, 1993; Dillon & Richardson, 1994), or more neutrally as New Religious Movements (NRMs). These terms, much used to refer to controversial religious groups that have recently come to the attention of scholars, the general public, and politicians, are too narrow to encompass all the religious groups discussed herein. Therefore the term minority religion will be used, although the NRM term also will be used, particularly with reference to recent regulation efforts in the United States.
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Richardson, J.T. (2004). Regulating Religion. In: Richardson, J.T. (eds) Regulating Religion. Critical Issues in Social Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9094-5_1
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