Cults, religion, and violence
By: edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton
Contributors: Bromley, David G; Melton, J. Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Violence -- Religious aspects; Cults
Other titles: Cults, religion & violence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Violence and religion in perspective / David G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton; title: Dramatic denouements / David G. Bromley; title: Challenging misconceptions about the new religions-violence connection / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley; title: Sources of volatility in religious movements / Thomas Robbins; title: Crises of charismatic legitimacy and violent behavior in new religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson; title: Public agency involvement in government-religious movement confrontations / Stuart A. Wright; title: Watching for violence: a comparative analysis of the roles of five types of cult-watching groups / Eileen Barker; title: Mass suicide and the Branch Davidians / John R. Hall; title: Occult masters and the Temple of Doom: the fiery end of the Solar Temple / Massimo Introvigne and Jean-François Mayer; title: Dramatic confrontations: Aum Shinrikyô against the world / Ian Reader; title: Making sense of the Heaven's Gate suicides / Robert W. Balch and David Taylor; title: Lessons from the past, perspective for the future / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley