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Brainwashing Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on Cults and Sects

2004; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-1-4419-9094-5_10

1572-1906

James T. Richardson, Massimo Introvigne,

American Constitutional Law and Politics

Religious minorities in Europe today are often perceived as a social problem, traditionally thought of as "a condition which is defined by a considerable number of persons as a diversion from some social norm which they cherish" (Fuller & Myers, 1941, p. 22). Recent scholarship suggests that although a social problem's beginnings are subject to empirical verification, the way they develop and are represented, constructed, or negotiated is the result of complicated social processes (Richardson, 1997).