Faith at the Edge: Liberalism, Cults, and the Limits of Tolerance

• In Event: Reckoning with Liberalism

Brief Overview

Cults challenge liberalism’s balance between autonomy, pluralism, and state neutrality. This article treats cults as test cases, revealing liberalism’s limits in reconciling freedom of association with protection against coercive socialization.

Author

• Adam Scott Kunz, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire