The New Heretics of France

by Susan J. Palmer

Since the Age of Enlightenment, France has upheld clear constitutional guidelines that protect human rights and religious freedom. Today, however, intolerant attitudes and discriminatory practices towards unconventional faiths have become acceptable and even institutionalized in public life. Susan Palmer offers an insightful examination of France's most stigmatized new religions, or "sectes," and the public management of religious and philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199735212
• ISBN13: 9780199735211
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"