Revisiting the Branch Davidian Mass Suicide Debate
This paper revisits the controversy, recently revived by British religious studies scholar, Kenneth C. G. Newport, that the Branch Davidians had a theological rationale for mass suicide and likely set fire to their own home. Newport couples the theological argument with assertions of
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2009
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Nova religio
Année: 2009, Volume: 13, Numéro: 2, Pages: 4-24 |
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| Résumé: | This paper revisits the controversy, recently revived by British religious studies scholar, Kenneth C. G. Newport, that the Branch Davidians had a theological rationale for mass suicide and likely set fire to their own home. Newport couples the theological argument with assertions of |
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| ISSN: | 1541-8480 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2009.13.2.4 |