Multiculturalism and Minority Religions in Britain: Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom and the Politics of Location [Hardcover]

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.

This book studies issues relating to minority religions' place within a multicultural society. Analyzing the particular case study of the Bhaktivedanta Manor campaign by ISKCON (the Hare Krishnas) alongside wider debates, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics of cultural diversity and religious freedom.'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'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

'This book crosses a number of disciplines and it is therefore possible to recommned it to students of anthropology, religion and the social and political sciences. It is written in a clear style that should also make it accessible to the interested general reader.'<