The new heretics of France
Subtitle: minority religions, la République, and the government-sponsored "war on sects"
By: Susan J. Palmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780199735211
Subjects: Religion; Religion and state; Anti-cult movements; History
Description: Susan Palmer offers an insightful examination of France's most stigmatized new religions, or 'sectes,' and the public management of religious and philosophical minorities by the state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.