1st Edition

Multiculturalism and Minority Religions in Britain Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom and the Politics of Location

By Malory Nye Copyright 2001
    331 Pages
    by Routledge

    331 Pages
    by Routledge

    A detailed case study of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Britain. The book studies the particular development of a new religious movement within the context of Britain, and issues relating to minority religions' place within a multicultural but still hegemonically Christian society.

    Part 1 Multiculturalism, Minority Religions, and Iskcon; Chapter 2 Sacred Space and Locality; Chapter 3 Creating and Contesting Place; Part 2 The Battle over Public Worship; Chapter 5 The Political Campaign; Chapter 6 Alternatives and Solutions; Part 3 Rights, Power, and Religion; Chapter 8 The ECHR, HRA, and ‘Freedom of Religion’ in Britain; Chapter 9 Religion and the Politics of Multiculturalism; Chapter 10 Postcolonial Conflict in an English Village;

    Biography

    Malory Nye

    'A detailed and well written book deserves to be widely read. This timely and well-told story should be in every University library and would enliven any graduate or senior undergraduate course on Hinduism.' - Hindu-Christian Studies

    'A book which is valuable particularly on account of the care with which solid ethnographic and legal material has been assembled' - Ethnic and Racial Studies