Cults, religion, and violence / edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton.

ISBN:

9780511040610

9780511033339

9780521660648

9780511499326

9780511048579

9780511157233

Title:

Cults, religion, and violence / edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton.

Author:

Bromley, David G., editor.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 249 pages)

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.

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Subject Term:

Violence -- Religious aspects.

Cults.

Added Author:

Bromley, David G.,

Melton, J. Gordon,

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Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2002

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Contrary to conventional wisdom, violent episodes involving cults are rare historically. But their potential to affect and disrupt civic life looms large and efforts to manage these incidents involve controversial issues of religious freedom, politics, state intervention, and public security. The interpretive challenge of this book is to provide a social scientific explanation for these rare events. The authors conclude that they usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.

1 Violence and religion in perspectiveDavid G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton

2 Dramatic denouementsDavid G. Bromley

3 Challenging misconceptions about the new religions-violence connectionJ. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley

4 Sources of volatility in religious movementsThomas Robbins

5 Crises of charismatic legitimacy and violent behavior in new religious movementsLorne L. Dawson

6 Public agency involvement in government-religious movement confrontationsStuart A. Wright

7 Watching for violence: a comparative analysis of the roles of five types of cult-watching groupsEileen Barker

8 Mass suicide and the Branch DavidiansJohn R. Hall

9 Occult masters and the temple of doom: the fiery end of the Solar TempleMassimo Introvigne and Jean-Francois Mayer

10 Dramatic confrontations: Aum Shinrikyo against the worldIan Reader

11 Making sense of the Heaven's Gate suicidesRobert W. Balch and David Taylor

12 Lessons from the past, perspective for the futureDavid G. Bromley and J. Gordon Melton

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