Beyond brainwashing: perspectives on cultic violence
This analysis reviews the state of the question regarding theories of cultic violence. It introduces definitions and vocabulary and presents relevant historical examples of religious violence. It then discusses the 1960s and 1970s, the period immediately before the Jonestown tragedy. Considerations...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Elements in religion and violence
Cambridge elements |
| Further subjects: | B
Violence
Religious aspects
History
B Cults ; Social aspects B Brainwashing History B Cult members B Violence ; Religious aspects ; History B Brainwashing ; History B Cults Social aspects |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: 9781108448314 |
| Summary: | This analysis reviews the state of the question regarding theories of cultic violence. It introduces definitions and vocabulary and presents relevant historical examples of religious violence. It then discusses the 1960s and 1970s, the period immediately before the Jonestown tragedy. Considerations of the post-Jonestown (1978), and then post-Waco (1993) literature follow. After 9/11 (2001), some of the themes identified in previous decades reappear. The book concludes by examining the current problem of repression and harassment directed at religious believers. Legal discrimination by governments, as well as persecution of religious minorities by non-state actors, has challenged earlier fears about cultic violence |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jun 2018) |
| ISBN: | 110864659X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108646598 |