How the Millennium Comes Violently From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate

Name: How the Millennium Comes Violently From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate
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ISBN: 9781889119243

ISBN-10: 1889119245

ISBN-13: 9781889119243

Edition: 2000

Authors: Catherine Wessinger

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List price: $28.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: CQ Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
How the Millennium Comes Violently	p. 12
Recent Events	p. 12
Key Terms	p. 15
The Dynamics of Violence	p. 17
1978 - Jonestown	p. 30
The violence	p. 30
Jim Jones	p. 31
Peoples Temple	p. 34
Catastrophic Millennialism	p. 37
The Persecution	p. 39
The Failure of the Millennial Goal	p. 45
The Decision to Commit Violence	p. 47
1993 - Branch Davidians	p. 56
The Violence	p. 56
David Koresh	p. 81
The Branch Davidians at Mount Carmel	p. 86
Catastrophic Millennialism	p. 91
The Persecution	p. 94
The Success of the Millennial Goal	p. 100
The Decision to Commit Violence	p. 102
Transcript - Waco Negotiations, April 10, 1993	p. 104
Transcript - David Koresh and FBI Negotiators, April 16 and 18, 1993	p. 105
1995 - Aum Shinrikyo	p. 120
The Violence	p. 120
Shoko Asahara	p. 126
Aum Shinrikyo	p. 130
Catastrophic Millennialism	p. 135
The Persecution	p. 138
The Failure of the Millennial Goal	p. 142
The Decision to Commit Violence	p. 143
1996 - Montana Freemen	p. 158
The Potential for Violence	p. 158
The Cast of Characters	p. 167
The Montana Freemen - Part of a Euro-American Nativist Movement	p. 172
Catastrophic Millennialism	p. 178
Events of the Standoff - Avoiding Persecution	p. 179
The Millennial Goal Preserved	p. 192
The Decision Not to Commit Violence and Subsequent Developments within the FBI	p. 201
Other Cases Briefly Considered: Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate	p. 218
1994, 1995, 1997 - Solar Temple	p. 218
1997, 1998 - Heaven's Gate	p. 229
1998 - Chen Tao: Assessing the Potential for Violence	p. 253
Comparative Conclusions	p. 264
Categories of Catastrophic Millennial Groups Involved in Violence	p. 264
What to Do?	p. 268
General Observations	p. 270
Characteristics That Cause Concern	p. 275
Reassuring Characteristics	p. 281
The Future	p. 282
The New Millennium: It Is Just an Arbitrary Date	p. 282
The Responsibility of the Media	p. 283
Millennialism in the Next Millennium	p. 283
Bibliography	p. 287
Index	p. 295
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