Beyond Brainwashing - Perspectives on Cultic Violence

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca is a writer and publisher on the Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia. She is the author of three real-world devotional books titled 'You Could be Dancing', 'Pizza & Choir', and 'Where Rivers Flow'. Klappentext This analysis reviews the state of the question regarding theories of cultic violence. It introduces definitions and vocabulary and presents relevant historical examples of religious violence. It then discusses the 1960s and 1970s, the period immediately before the Jonestown tragedy. Considerations of the post-Jonestown (1978), and then post-Waco (1993), literature follow. After 9/11 (2001), some of the themes identified in previous decades reappear. The book concludes by examining the current problem of repression and harassment directed at religious believers. Legal discrimination by governments, as well as persecution of religious minorities by non-state actors, has challenged earlier fears about cultic violence.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Moore, Rebecca (San Diego State University) Moore, Moore Rebecca
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781108448314
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44831-4
• No. of pages: 86
• Series: Elements in Religion and Viole; Elements in Religion and Violence
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, Violence in society, Aspects of religion, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict, Violence and abuse in society, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)