Table of Contents

1. Regulating Religion: A Sociologicaland Historical Introduction.- 2. ‘Laïcité,’ ‘Dystopia,’ and the Reaction to New Religious Movements in France.- 3. Anti-Cultism in the French Parliament: Desperate Last Stand or an Opportune Leap Forward? ACritical Analysis of the 12 June 2001 Act.- 4. Is There a Unique French Policy of Cults? A European Perspective.- 5. Holy Mountains and Anti-Cult Ecology: The Campaign against the Aumist Religion in France.- 6. The German Enquete Commission on Sects: Political Conflicts and Compromises.- 7. Germany’s Islamic Minority: Some Remarks on Historical and Legal Developments.- 8. Belgium’s Anti-Sect Policy.- 9. Pseudoscience versus Minority Religions: An Evaluation of the Brainwashing Theories of Jean-Marie Abgrall.- 10. Brainwashing Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on Cults and Sects.- 11. The Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities, the Anti-Cult Movement, and Governmental Response.- 12. New Religions in the Republic of Italy.- 13. Foredoomed to Failure: The Anti-Cult Movement in the Netherlands.- 14. Regulating New Religions in Denmark.- 15. Social Justice and Minority Religions in Prison: The Case of England and Wales.- 16. Legal Regulation of Religions in Russia: New Development.- 17. New Religious Movements and the State in Poland.- 18. Anti-Cult Movements and Governmental Reports on “Sects and Cults”: The Case of Poland.- 19. Freedom of Religion and Minority Religions in Hungary.- 20. Law and Religion in the Czech Republic: Recent Developments.- 21. Religion and Society in Tension in Croatia: Social and Legal Status of Religious Communities.- 22. Religion and Law in Uzbekistan: Renaissance and Repression in an Authoritarian Context.- 23. Social Justice Issues in the Management of ReligiousDiversity in Australia.- 24. The Rehabilitation and Regulation of Religion in Singapore.- 25. Cult Controversies and Legal Developments Concerning New Religion s in Japan and China.- 26. Religion, Law, and Minorities in India: Problems with Judicial Regulation.- 27. Public Management of Religiou s Diversity in Canada: Development of Technocratic Pluralism.- 28. The Legal Situation of Religious Minorities in Mexico: The Current Situation, Problems, and Conflicts.- 29.Cult Controversies and Government Control of New Religious Movements in Argentina, 1985–2002.- 30. State and Federal Cooperation in Regulating New Religions: Oregon versus the Bhagwan Rajneesh.- 31. Mundane Materialism: Economic Survival and Theological Evolution within Jesus Movement Groups.- 32. Medicalization and Regulation of Deviant Religions: An Application of Conrad and Schneider’s Model.- 33. Religious Regulation and the Courts: The Judiciary’s Changing Role in Protecting Minority Religions from Majoritarian Rule.- About the Editor.

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