Violence and New Religious Movements

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Theorizing nrm Violence Deciphering the NRM - Violence Connection.............15 Minority religions and the Context of Violence................31 Reciprocal Totalism : The toxic interdependence of Anticult and cult violence...........63 2. The Big five Narratives of Persecution, suffering , and martyrdom........95 Revisiting the branch davidian mass suicide debate......113 Explaining the murder - suicides of the order of the Solar Temple.............133 Religion and violence in Japan ...........147 The Euphemization of Violence : The case of Heaven`s gate ..............173 There Will follow a new Generation and a new Earth ..........191 3. Select Religious Groups involved in Violence Murder in Knutby: Charisma, Eroticism, and Violence in a Swedish Pentecostal Community.........217 Modern pagan Warriors: Violence and justice in Rodnoverie..........231 Ananda marga, PROUT, and use of Force .......249 Knocking on Heaven`s Door...................275 4. Rhetorics of Violence and peaceful denouements The nation of Islam and Violence ..............295 Cultural Capital, Social Networks, and Collective violence at Rajnmeeshpuram............307 Strong as Steel, Steady as Stone...325 Smite him hip and thigh....351 5. Violence against nrms State- fostered violence against the Falun Gong in China ....379 Deprogramming Violence...........397