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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2009
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Nova religio
Jahr: 2009, Band: 13, Heft: 2, Seiten: 4-24 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Nova religio
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/nr.2009.13.2.4 |