TY - BOOK ID - 77861361 TI - Cults, religion, and violence AU - Bromley, David G. AU - Melton, J. Gordon PY - 2002 SN - 1107117887 1280420804 0511176414 0511048572 0511157231 0511304412 0511499329 051104061X 9780511040610 0511033338 9780511033339 9780521660648 0521660645 9780511499326 9780511048579 9780511157233 9781280420801 9780511176418 9780511304415 0521668980 9780521668989 9781107117884 0511086865 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Violence KW - Cults. KW - Alternative religious movements KW - Cult KW - Cultus KW - Marginal religious movements KW - New religions KW - New religious movements KW - NRMs (Religion) KW - Religious movements, Alternative KW - Religious movements, Marginal KW - Religious movements, New KW - Religions KW - Sects KW - Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) KW - Religious aspects. KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - Cults KW - 291.7 KW - 291.7 Acties op religieuze beweeggronden: godsdienstoorlogen; missiewerking; zending; fanatisme; religieuze propaganda; fundamentalisme KW - Acties op religieuze beweeggronden: godsdienstoorlogen; missiewerking; zending; fanatisme; religieuze propaganda; fundamentalisme KW - Religious aspects KW - Social Sciences KW - Sociology KW - violence and religion KW - new religions KW - religious movements KW - charismatic legitimacy KW - violent behavior KW - public agence involvement KW - government and religious movements KW - cult-watching groups KW - mass suicide KW - the Branch Davidians KW - Occult masters KW - the Solar Temple KW - Aum Shinrikyo KW - Heaven's Gate suicides KW - cults UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77861361 AB - This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized. ER -