Violence and New Religious Movements Hardback
Edited by James R. (Associate Professor of History and Religion, Associate Professor of History and Rel Lewis
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The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple incidents of mass violence involving certain groups.
Some of these incidents have made international headlines.
When New Religious Movements make the news, it's usually because of some violent episode.
Some of the most famous NRMs are known much more for the violent way they came to an end than for anything else.
Violence and New Religious Movements offers a comprehensive examination of violence by-and against-new religious movements.
The book begins with theoretical essays on the relationship between violence and NRMs and then moves on to examine particular groups.
There are essays on the "Big Five"--the most well-known cases of violent incidents involving NRMs: Jonestown, Waco, Solar Temple, the Aum Shunrikyo subway attack, and the Heaven's Gate suicides.
But the book also provides a richer survey by examining a host of lesser-known groups.
This volume is the culmination of decades of research by scholars of New Religious Movements.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:456 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780199735631
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:456 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199735631