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Stuart A. Wright

Storming Zion

Government Raids on Religious Communities

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While scholars, media, and the public may be aware of a few extraordinary government raids on religious communities, such as the U.S. federal raid on the Branch Davidians in 1993, very few people are aware of the scope of these raids or the frequency with which they occur. Inspired by the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints in 2008, authors Stuart A. Wright and Susan J. Palmer decided to collect data on all the raids of this kind that have taken place in Western-style democracies over the last six decades. They thus established the first archive of raided groups and then used it see if any patterns could be iden… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Palmer, Susan J.
  • ISBN: 978-0-19-991141-7
  • EAN: 9780199911417
  • Produktnummer: 19560140
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'315 KB
  • Abbildungen: 14 illus.

Über den Autor


Stuart A. Wright is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Lamar University. Dr. Wright is known internationally for his research on religious and political movements, conflict and violence. He has previously published five books, including Armageddon in Waco (1995), Patriots, Politics, and the Oklahoma City Bombing (2007) and Saints under Siege: The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (with James T. Richardson, 2011).Susan J. Palmer is an Affiliate Professor in the Religion Department at Concordia University and Member of the Religious Studies Faculty at McGill University. She is the author of New Heretics of France (2011); Aliens Adored: Rael's UFO Religion (2004); and Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers (1994).

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