Violence and new religious movements / edited by James R. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects.

Violence.

Persecution.

Physical Description:

xii, 443 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Contents:

Deciphering the NRM-violence connection / David G. Bromley

Minority religions and the context of violence : a conflict/interactionist perspective / James T. Richardson

Reciprocal totalism : the toxic interdependence of anticult and cult violence / Dick Anthony, Thomas Robbins, Steven Barrie-Anthony

Narratives of persecution, suffering, and martyrdom : violence in Peoples Temple and Jonestown / Rebecca Moore

Revisiting the Branch Davidian mass suicide debate / Stuart A. Wright

Explaining the murder-suicides of the Order of the Solar Temple : a survey of hypotheses / Henrik Bogdan

Religion and violence in Japan : the case of Aum Shinrikyo / Martin Repp

The euphemization of violence : the case of Heaven's Gate / Benjamin Zeller

"There will follow a new generation and a new earth" : from apocalyptic hopes to destruction in the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God / Jean-Francois Mayer

Murder in Knutby : charisma, eroticism and violence in a Swedish Pentecostal community / Jonathan Peste

Modern pagan warriors : violence and justice in Rodnoverie / Kaarina Altamurto

Ananda Marga, PROUT and the use of force / Helen Crovetto

Knocking on heaven's door : violence, charisma, and the transformation of New Vrindaban / E. Burke Rochford

The Nation of Islam and violence / Martha F. Lee

Cultural capital, social networks, and collective violence at Rajneeshpuram / Marion S. Goldman

"Strong as steel, steady as stone" : skirting pitfalls in 3HO/Sikh dharma / Constance Elsberg

"Smite him hip and thigh" : Satanism, violence, and transgression / Jesper Aagaard Petersen

State fostered violence against the Falun Gong in China / James T. Richardson and Bryan Edelman

Deprogramming violence : the logic, perpetration, and outcomes of coercive intervention / Anson Shupe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199735631

0199735638

9780199735617

0199735611

OCLC:

612347811