This study will focus on the FECRIS member associations in five European countries: France, the cradle of laïcité and the driving force of the anti-sect fight in Europe promoting the separation between State and religion; Austria and Germany, where public powers and dominant churches lead a common struggle against “sects”; and Serbia and Russia, two Orthodox countries in which FECRIS member associations include Orthodox missionary departments instrumentalizing the sect issue to eliminate competitors of Orthodox Churches. Various specialists from the five countries have contributed to this research under the aegis of Human Rights Without Frontiers.
Inhalt / Content
Introduction … 181
Papers and Essays
Regis Dericquebourg FECRIS: European Federation of Research and Information Centers on Sectarianism … 183
Patricia Duval FECRIS and its Affiliates in France. The French Fight against the “Capture of Souls” … 197
Human Rights Without Frontiers correspondent in Russia FECRIS and its Affiliate in Russia. The Orthodox Clerical Wing of FECRIS … 267
Christian Brünner/Thomas Neger FECRIS and its Affiliate in Austria. State and Mainline Religions against Religious Diversity … 307
Gerhard Besier FECRIS and its Affiliates in Germany. The Country with the Most Anti-sect Organizations … 341
Miroslav Jankovic FECRIS and its Affiliate in Serbia. Centre for Anthropological Studies: Spreading of Religious Intolerance or Struggle for Human Rights and Freedoms … 361
Willy Fautré Conclusions … 389
Review / Preview … 395
Index … 397