Cults, religion, and violence /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Violence and religion in perspective / David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton
- Dramatic denouements / David G. Bromley
- Challenging misconceptions about the new religions-violence connection / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley
- Sources of volatility in religious movements / Thomas Robbins
- Crises of charismatic legitimacy and violent behavior in new religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson
- Public agency involvement in government-religious movement confrontations / Stuart A. Wright
- Watching for violence: a comparative analysis of the roles of five types of cult-watching groups / Eileen Barker
- Mass suicide and the Branch Davidians / John R. Hall
- Occult masters and the Temple of Doom: the fiery end of the Solar Temple / Massimo Introvigne and Jean-François Mayer
- Dramatic confrontations: Aum Shinrikyô against the world / Ian Reader
- Making sense of the Heaven's Gate suicides / Robert W. Balch and David Taylor
- Lessons from the past, perspective for the future / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley.