Object's details: Why are the Raelians and other new religious movements not considered ‘religions’ in Poland? A comparative analysis of the definitions of religion used by the Supreme Administrative Court in the sociological context

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Title:
Why are the Raelians and other new religious movements not considered ‘religions’ in Poland? A comparative analysis of the definitions of religion used by the Supreme Administrative Court in the sociological context
Creator:
Krzywosz, Maciej
Description:
In 1980, in Poland, there were about 30 religious minorities. The socio-political transformation changed the religious landscape dramatically. In 1999, there were already 155. Not all new religions, however, were registered. In the case of The Church of Miracles, The Raelians, and The Order of Initiated Knighthood, registration was refused. The Ministry of the Interior and the Supreme Administrative Court decided that they did not fulfil the requirements of a “religion”. The purpose of this article is to examine, from a sociological perspective, the definitions of religion used by the court, by which the above new religious movements were not recognised as religions. The analysis shows that the court and administration ruled on the basis of substantial definitions of religion, reducing religion to believing in God or the sacred. Furthermore, the article presents the socio-cultural reasons behind the choice of such definitions, and reviews the scholarly debate on the issue.
Object availability:
free access
Rights:
Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 WPiA UAM;
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Date:
2020.12.30
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
peer-reviewed article;
Artykuł recenzowany
Language:
English;
eng
Source:
Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Vol. 82 No. 4 (2020); 359-373;
Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Tom 82 Nr 4 (2020); 359-373;
2543-9170;
0035-9629
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/26122/23929
Subject:
sociological definition of religion;
legal definition of religion;
new religious movements in Poland;
law and new religions;
the Raelians
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/26122
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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