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Tabernacle of hate : seduction into right-wing extremism / Kerry Noble ; with an introduction by Jean Rosenfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noble, Kerry, 1952-
- Series:
- Religion and politics.
- Religion and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995.
- Political violence--Oklahoma--Oklahoma City.
- Political violence.
- Right-wing extremists--United States.
- Right-wing extremists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (500 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the summer of 1984, Noble came within seconds of committing what would have been the largest domestic terrorist act in U.S. history at that time. As one of the founders of the Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord (CSA), a cult paramilitary group, he carried a bomb into a gay-affirming church, intending to murder over seventy congregants. In Tabernacle of Hate, Noble provides an unprecedented first-person account of how a small spiritual community moved from mainstream religious beliefs to increasingly extreme positions, eventually transforming into a domestic terrorist organization.Written after his release from prison, the author's cogent narrative reveals the deceptive allure of extremist movements and the unmatched power of charismatic leadership. Noble also chronicles the intense standoff with federal agents at the group's compound in northern Arkansas in April 1985. Originally published in 1998, this second edition includes an authoritative introduction placing Noble's narrative and the CSA into the broader picture of American religio-political extremism.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The end begins
- pt. 2. God, guns, and glory
- pt. 3. The origin and rise of CSA
- pt. 4. The fall of CSA
- pt. 5. Scattered dreams
- pt. 6. Coming full circle.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815651260
- 0815651260
- OCLC:
- 759158766
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