All religions undergo continuous change, but minority religions tend to be less anchored in their ways than mainstream, traditional religions. This volume exami

Religions are at their core about creating certainty. But what happens when groups lose control of their destiny? Whether it leads to violence, or to nonviolent

The Family International (formerly the Children of God) emerged from the radical fringe of the Jesus People Movement in the late 1960s to establish a new religi

This volume fundamentally improves our understanding of processes like the secularization of society, and the growth of mass ideological movements, by looking u

Restrictions with respect to religious freedom have been in place in authoritarian states for a number of years. We can observe a new period of co-operation bet