| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 249 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
This text explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Violence -- Religious aspects.
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Cults.
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Violence.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology of Religion.
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Cults. (OCoLC)fst00884980
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Violence -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01167248
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Godsdienstige bewegingen.
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Geweld.
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Neue Religiosität.
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Gewalt.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Religion.
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| Indexed Term |
Violencia Aspectos religiosos. |
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Culto. |
| Added Author |
Bromley, David G., editor.
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Melton, J. Gordon, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cults, religion, and violence. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521660645 0521668980 (DLC) 2001037861 (OCoLC)47644381 |
| ISBN |
051104061X (electronic bk.) |
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9780511040610 (electronic bk.) |
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0511033338 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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9780511033339 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader) |
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9780511499326 (electronic bk.) |
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0511499329 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511048579 (electronic bk.) |
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0511048572 (electronic bk.) |
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