Preface
Chapter 1. Government Raids on Religious Communities
Chapter 2. Countermovement Mobilization and Government Raids
Chapter 3. The Twelve Tribes
Chapter 4. The Family International/Children of God
Chapter 5. Branch Davidians
Chapter 6. The United Nuwaubian Nation
Chapter 7. The Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints
Chapter 8. The Church of Scientology
Chapter 9. Raids in France
Chapter 10. Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Raids on NRM
Communities
Notes
References
Index
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 Siege: The Texas State
Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (with James T.
Richardson, 2011).
Susan J. Palmer is an Affiliate Professor in the Religion
Department at Concordia University and Member of the Religious
Studies Faculty at McGill University. She is the author of New
Heretics of France (2011); Aliens Adored: Rael's UFO Religion
(2004); and Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers (1994).
"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 purposes."--Charles McCrary, Religion
"[T]his is a 'must' read not only for scholars of religion, but
also for criminologists interested in the study of perceptions of
deviance and anyone even remotely concerned about the relationship
between the state and religion."--Review of Religious Research
"This book is tremendously helpful to any scholar of nontraditional
religious movements as well as professionals in law enforcement,
human rights organization, and the policy-makers whose job it is to
peacefully and ethically manage minority communities living on the
outskirts of mainstream society."--Sociology of Religion
"In a fresh look at confrontations between new and established
religions, Storming Zion turns conventional analysis on its head.
Rather than joining the chorus of voices attributing confrontations
to group extremism, the authors examine how extremism and danger
are constructed by opponents so as to legitimate the large and
growing number of government raids on new religious communities."
--David G. Bromley, Professor of Religious Studies, Director of
the World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virginia Commonwealth
University
"Eye-opening this is a provocative and informative book. The
authors have unearthed substantial and troubling evidence of a
widespread tendency to employ overwhelming government force in the
social control of new religions. Students will have much to learn
from it and scholars may want to pursue many of the questions that
it opens up."--Nova Religio
"Storming Zion lays bare deep and troubling questions about
policing by modern states and the ease with which it can become
subordinated to moral crusades."--Journal of Church and State
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