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New Religious Movements

How the Millennium Comes Violently

From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate

by Catherine Wessinger

Wessinger compares cases of violence involving millennial groups, including Jonestown, the Branch Davidians, the Montana Freemen, Aum Shinrikyō, the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate. She distinguishes fragile, assaulted and revolutionary millennial groups. Important for understanding religious violence.

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