Exploring cases in different parts of the world, this book offers a practical insight for understanding the relations of NRMs and other minority religions and t

New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book

Much has been written about the law as it affects new and minority religions, but relatively little has been written about how such religions react to the law.

The response of states to demands for free exercise of religion or belief varies greatly across the world. In some places, religions come as close as imaginable

The study of New Religious Movements (NRMs) is one of the fastest-growing areas of religious studies, and since the release of the first edition of The Oxford H