Cults, Religion, and Violence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521668989)

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.

Author: David G. Bromley
ISBN-10: 0521668980
ISBN-13: 9780521668989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2002
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.18w x 0.69d