Why Waco? : cults and the battle for religious freedom in America /

In the first balanced, authoritative account of the siege, James Tabor and Eugene Gallagher explore the powerful drama in Waco and the motivations of all the players, including the government, the media, the cultbusters, the Branch Davidians, and David Koresh himself. Tabor and Gallagher unflinching...

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Autore principale: Tabor, James D., 1946-
Altri autori: Gallagher, Eugene V.
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1995.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501331
Sommario:
  • What might have been
  • Moving to Mount Carmel
  • Unlocking the seven seals
  • The sinful messiah
  • A complex hostage/barricade rescue situation
  • The wacko from Waco
  • The cult controversy
  • Waco and religious freedom in America
  • Appendix: An unfinished manuscript by David Koresh
  • List of Mount Carmel Branch Davidians.