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Storming Zion
Stuart A. Wright
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Description for Storming Zion
Paperback. Storming Zion offers a compelling explanation for the growing trend of state raids on new and nontraditional religious communities. Stuart Wright and Susan Palmer base their study on a massive data set documenting 116 government raids over the last six decades, primarily in Western countries. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRAM6; HRQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195398908
SKU
V9780195398908
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Ref
99-37
About Stuart A. Wright
Stuart A. Wright is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice at Lamar University. Dr. Wright is known internationally for his research on religious and political movements, conflict and violence. He has previously published five books, including Armageddon in Waco (1995), Patriots, Politics, and the Oklahoma City Bombing (2007) and Saints under ... Read more
Reviews for Storming Zion
Storming Zion is an illuminating and useful book. Social scientists and humanists who study NRMs, communal religions, the ACM, and related topics should find Wright and Palmer's model useful and testable. The book could also serve as an introduction to some of these religious groups, especially the smaller and lesser-known. Many of the chapters could easily be excerpted for teaching ... Read more