International perspectives on freedom and equality of religious belief

Preface / Derek H. Davis ; Gerhard Besier

Cult-watching practices and consequences in Europe and North America / Eileen Barker

Banal discrimination : equality of respect for beliefs and world views in the UK / James A. Beckford

The sect issue in France and Belgium / Wally Fautre

Historical-sociological factors which changed the perception of religious pluralism in France / Maurice Verfaillie

Scientology in Europe : testing the faith of a new religion / J. Gordon Melton

Religious minorities in Scandinavia / Anders Jarlert

Some remarks on religious freedom and church-state relations in Switzerland / Max Woernhard

Religious minorities and anti-cult activity in Italy in comparative perspective / Massimo Introvigne

Current problems of religious minorities in Germany / Gerhard Besier

Religious freedom in Russia / Phillip Walters

A comparative analysis of state-church relations and civil religion in Russia and Germany / Elena Miroshnikova

Explaining the complexities of religion and state in the United States : separation, integration, and accomodation / Derek H. Davis

Cult controversies and legal developments concerning new religions in Japan and China / James T. Richardson ; Bryan Edleman.