1 Uncertainty and Decision-Making in Religious and other Ideological Minorities,
Kim Knott and Matthew Francis
2 Certain Beliefs and Uncertain Evidence – the Case of Shugden,
Suzanne Newcombe
3 The Muslim Brotherhood and Uncertainty: Resistance, Civil Society, and Politics, Lucia Ardovini
4 Failures and Successes: a Japanese New Religion’s Reactions to Uncertainty,
Erica Baffelli
5 Extreme Movements under Extreme Pressure – British Fascists and Uncertainty during World War Two
Graham Macklin
6 An Uncertain Future: The Issue of Succession in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Angela Burt
7 The Unknown Creed: Punk and Political Uncertainty in Northern Ireland
Francis Stewart
8 Consequences of Dramatic Doctrinal Change
David V. Barrett
9 Distinguishing the Conditions of Violent Reaction in Esoteric Minority Religions, George Sieg
10 Scientology and Times of Uncertainty,
Martin Weightman
11 (Un)Certain Responses to Colonial Dissonance: The Philadelphia Bombing of MOVE and the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Right Relationship Team
Anthony Fiscella
12 Conspiracy Narratives as Response to Uncertainty in Minority Religions,
David G. Robertson
13 Who can we dialogue with? Seeking Effective Interfaith Development: the Inter Faith Network for the UK,
Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist
Biography
Matthew Francis is executive director at the Centre for Research and Evidence Threats, based at Lancaster University, UK. His research has focused on the move to violence in religious and non-religious groups. He founded and is the editor of the website RadicalisationResearch.org and the quarterly magazine CREST Security Review.
Kim Knott is professor of religious and secular studies in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University, UK. She works in the study of religions, using sociological and geographical approaches in particular to research relationships between the religious and the secular. She is currently the deputy director of the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.
