Cults, religion, and violence / edited by David G. Bromley, J. Gordon Melton. - Cambridge ;;New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 - xx, 249 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted.

0521660645 (hbk.);0521668980 (pbk.)


Violence;Cults.--Religious aspects.

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