Product Description: The free exercise of conscience is under threat in the United States. Already the conservative bloc of the Supreme Court is reversing the progress of religious liberty that had been steadily advancing. And this danger will only increase if more conservative judges are nominated to the court...read more

Product Description: The free exercise of conscience is under threat in the United States. Already the conservative bloc of the Supreme Court is reversing the progress of religious liberty that had been steadily advancing. And this danger will only increase if more conservative judges are nominated to the court...read more

Product Description: This book, by one of the world's leading sociologists of religion. brings together a collection of essays written over the last decade and explores the dynamics internal to churches and other religious bodies. The second half of the book examines the consequences of these internal dynamics including world system theory, the cultureal impact of cults, and the relationship between religious and ethnic identities...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is the first in-depth study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhists in the United States. Drawing on unprecedented access to the organization through surveys and interviews, it provides a definitive and revealing picture of one of the fastest-growing religions in the world...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The United States is founded upon the principles of freedom of religion, although it has been difficult at times to understand and apply those principles. Phillip Hammond argues that the Constitution assumes a radical religious liberty, which protects the convictions of individual Americans, whether or not those convictions are explicitly religious...read more

Product Description: RENNER Studies on New Religions is an initiative supported by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities. The series was established to publish books on alternative spiritual movements from a wide range of perspectives. The books will appeal to an international readership of scholars, students, and professionals in the study of religion, theology, the arts, and the social sciences...read more

an interesting attempt to connect religion and politics