Cults, religion, and violence   [electronic resource] / 
  Cults, religion & violence 
edited b y David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton. 
 - Cambridge, U.K. ;   New York :   Cambridge University Press,   c2 004. 
 - xx, 249 p. :   ill. ;   24 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Violence and religion in perspective / David G. Bromley and J. Gordo n Melton -- Dramatic denouements / David G. Bromley -- Challenging misc onceptions about the new religions-violence connection / J. Gordon Melt on and David G. Bromley -- Sources of volatility in religious movements / Thomas Robbins -- Crises of charismatic legitimacy and violent behav ior in new religious movements / Lorne L. Dawson -- Public agency invol vement in government-religious movement confrontations / Stuart A. Wrig ht -- Watching for violence: a comparative analysis of the roles of fiv e types of cult-watching groups / Eileen Barker -- Mass suicide and the Branch Davidians / John R. Hall -- Occult masters and the Temple of Do om: the fiery end of the Solar Temple / Massimo Introvigne and Jean-Fra nçois Mayer -- Dramatic confrontations: Aum Shinrikyô against the wor ld / Ian Reader -- Making sense of the Heaven's Gate suicides / Robert W. Balch and David Taylor -- Lessons from the past, perspective for the future / J. Gordon Melton and David G. Bromley. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2013. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Violence-- Religious aspects.<br/> Cults.