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Storming Zion - Government Raids on Religious Communities (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,871
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Storming Zion - Government Raids on Religious Communities (Hardcover): Stuart A. Wright, Susan J. Palmer

Storming Zion - Government Raids on Religious Communities (Hardcover)

Stuart A. Wright, Susan J. Palmer

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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 and frequency with which these raids occur. Following the Texas state raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints in 2008, authors Stuart Wright and Susan Palmer decided to study these raids in the aggregate-rather than as individual cases-by collecting data on raids that have taken place over the last six decades. They did this both to establish for the first time an archive of raided groups, and to determine if any patterns could be identified. Even they were surprised at their findings; there were far more raids than expected, and the vast majority of them had occurred since 1990, reflecting a sharp, almost exponential increase. What could account for this sudden and dramatic increase in state control of minority religions? In Storming Zion, Wright and Palmer argue that the increased use of these high-risk and extreme types of enforcement corresponds to expanded organization and initiatives by opponents of unconventional religions. Anti-cult organizations provide strategic "frames" that define potential conflicts or problems in a given community as inherently dangerous, and construct narratives that draw on stereotypes of child and sexual abuse, brainwashing, and even mass suicide. The targeted group is made to appear more dangerous than it is, resulting in an overreaction by authorities. Wright and Palmer explore the implications of heightened state repression and control of minority religions in an increasingly multicultural, globalized world. At a time of rapidly shifting demographics within Western societies this book cautions against state control of marginalized groups and offers insight about why the responses to these groups is often so reactionary.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2016
Authors: Stuart A. Wright (Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice) • Susan J. Palmer (Affiliate Professor in the Religion Department)
Dimensions: 237 x 161 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-539889-2
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
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LSN: 0-19-539889-0
Barcode: 9780195398892

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