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The Label 'suicide Cults' Has Been Applied To A Wide Variety Of Different Alternative Religions, From Jonestown To The Solar Temple To Heaven's Gate. Additionally, Observers Have Asked If Such Group Suicides Are In Any Way Comparable To Islamist Suicide Terrorism, Or To Historical Incidents Of Mass Suicide, Such As The Mass Suicide Of The Ancient Community Of Masada. Organizationally And Ideologically Diverse, It Turns Out That The Primary Shared Trait Of These Various Groups Is A Common Stereotype Of Religion As An Irrational Force That Pushes Fanatics To Undertake Acts Of Suicidal Violence.offering A Valuable Perspective On New Religious Movements And On Religion And Violence, Sacred Suicide Brings Together Contributions From A Diverse Range Of International Scholars Of Sociology, Religious Studies And Criminology. Historical Suicide Cults -- The Sicarii Suicide On Masada And The Foundation Of A National Myth / Nachman Ben-yehuda -- Religious Mass Suicide Before Jonestown: The Russian Old Believers / Thomas Robbins -- Contemporary Suicide Cults -- Purification, Illumination, And Death: The Murder-suicides Of The Order Of The Solar Temple / Henrik Bogdan -- Rhetoric, Revolution, A

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Author

Cusack, Carole M.; Lewis, James R

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317060185

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Anthropology