| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Cults, religion, and violence/ edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton. |
| other author: |
Bromley, David G. |
| Published: |
Cambridge ;Cambridge University Press, : 2002., |
| Description: |
xx, 249 p. ;24 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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-Fran簙ois Mayer -- Dramatic confrontations: Aum Shinriky緌 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. |
| Subject: |
Cults. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112480An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
051104061X (electronic bk.) |