Research Catalog

Title

Cults, religion, and violence [electronic resource] / edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton.

Publication

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.

Details

Additional Authors

• Bromley, David G.
• Melton, J. Gordon.
• American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org

Description

xx, 249 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Alternative Title

Cults, religion & violence

Subject

• Violence > Religious aspects
• Cults

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic text and image data.

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.

OCLC

(dli)HEB30672

Title

Cults, religion, and violence [electronic resource] / edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton.

Imprint

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.

Series

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Reproduction

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

American Council of Learned Societies.

Bromley, David G.

Melton, J. Gordon.

Found In:

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Other Form:

Original 0511033338 0521660645 0521668980 (DLC) 2001037861