Cults, Religion, and Violence (Hardcover)

Contrary to conventional wisdom, violent episodes involving cults are rare historically. But their potential to affect and disrupt civic life looms large and efforts to manage these incidents involve controversial issues of religious freedom, politics, state intervention, and public security. The interpretive challenge of this book is to provide a social scientific explanation for these rare events. The authors conclude that they usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	2002
Editors:	David G. Bromley • J. Gordon Melton
Dimensions:	236 x 159 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	270
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-66064-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict > General
LSN:	0-521-66064-5
Barcode:	9780521660648

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