Title: Storming Zion : government raids on religious communities /
Authors: Wright, Stuart A.
Year: 2015
Subjects: Religion and state.; Cults; Cults; Religion and state
Abstract: 'Storming Zion' offers a compelling explanation for the growing trend of state raids on new and nontraditional religious communities. Stuart Wright and Susan Palmer base their study on a massive data set documenting 116 government raids over the last six decades, primarily in Western countries.
Contents: Government raids on religious communities -- Countermovement mobilization and government raids -- The twelve tribes -- The family international children of God -- The branch Davidians -- The United Nuwaubian Nation -- The fundamentalist Latter Day Saints -- The Church of Scientology -- Raids in France -- Exploring the causes and consequences of raids on NRM communities.