Robbins Thomas Editors (5 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24-48 hours. Ex-library with usual marks. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding sound. Some rounding to spine and light wear on cover. Very Good-/Good+ . . . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * EDITORS INTRODUCTION: 1.) New religious on the frontier of church and state by Thomas Robbins ----- * NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: CULTURE AND SOCIETY: 2.) The relativization of societies, modern religion, and globalization by Roland Robertson -- 3.) The cultural context of contemporary religious movements by Robert Wuthnow ----- * NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND COERCIVE PERSUATION: 4.) Cult process, religious totalism, and civil liberties by Robert Jay Lifton -- 5.) New religions and deprogramming: Who's brainwashing whom? by Lee Coleman -- 6.) Coercion, coercive persuasion, and the Law by Herbert Fingarette ----- * LEGAL INTERVENTION IN NEW RELIIOUS MOVEMENTS: 7.) Legal protection for freedom of religion by William Shepherd -- 8.) The legislative assault on new religions by Jeremiah Gutman -- 9.) Cults and conversion: The case for informed consent by Richard Delgado -- 10.) Indoctrination, personhood, and religious beliefs by Robert Shapiro ----- * STATE REGULATION OF NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: 11.) The deformation of new religions: Impacts of societal and organizational factors by James Richardson -- 12.) The tax exempt status of communitarian religious organizations: An unnecessary controversy? by Meade Emory and Lawrence Zelenak ----- * CHURCH, STATE, AND THE CHRISTIAN NEW RIGHT: 13.) There is no separation of God and state: The Christian new right perspective on religion and the First Amendment by James McBride ----- * APPENDIX: a.) Eilers v. Coy: A New Major Precedent on Deprogramming? ----- * NOTES on conrtibutors -- * INDEX.…

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 202 pp.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine condition - an excellent copy. 364 pages. An essay collection organised by regions covering Western Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and North and South America. examines the challenges confronting new and minority religions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked. Very minimal shelfwear on cover. No dust jacket. Please note that this large, heavy book may require additional postage.

8vo, viii+202pp, original boards in dustwrapper, a near fine copy. First edition.