The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect

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OUP Oxford, 13 avr. 2006 - 379 pages
"Nearly twenty years after they happened, the ATF and FBI assaults on the Branch Davidian residence near Waco, Texas remain the most deadly law enforcement action on American soil. The raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents on February 28, 1993, which resulted in the deaths of four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians, precipitated a 51-day siege conducted by the FBI. The FBI tank and gas assault on the residence at Mount Carmel Center on April 19 culminated in a fire that killed 53 adults and 23 children, with only nine survivors. In A Journey to Waco, survivor Clive Doyle not only takes readers inside the tragic fire and its aftermath, but he also tells the larger story of how and why he joined the Branch Davidians, how the Branch Davidian community developed, and the status of survivors. While the media and official reports painted one picture of the Branch Davidians and the two assaults, A Journey to Waco shares a much more personal account of the ATF raid, the siege, and the final assault that details events unreported by the media. A Journey to Waco presents what the Branch Davidians believed and introduces readers to the community's members, including David Koresh. A Journey to Waco is a personal account of one man's journey with the Branch Davidians, through the tragic fire, and beyond"--Amazon.com.

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David Koresh in Popular Perspective
1
the Bible Prophecy Belief and the Seventhday Adventist Church
25
Victor T Houteff the Shepherds Rod and the Davidian Seventhday Adventists
47
the Theology of Victor Houteff and the Davidian Seventhday Adventists
76
Florence Houteff and the End of the World
95
Ben Roden and the Emergence of Branch Davidianism
115
Ben Roden and the Theology of Branch Davidianism
136
Lois Roden Shekinah and the Struggle for Leadership
155
14 An Ultimate Act of Faith? The Cause of the Waco Fire
278
Theology and the Waco Inferno
307
Post1993 Branch Davidianism
325
17 Concluding Observations
341
A Personal View Derek Lovelock
344
Davidian Seventhday Adventists 19612003
354
Deaths at Waco
359
Waco Survivors
363

Vernon Howell and the Branch Davidians 19591985
171
Vernon Howell David Koresh and the Branch Davidians 19861993
191
David Koresh and the Mystery of God
213
the Branch Davidians and the ATF
234
Mt Carmel 28 February19 April 1993
261
Select Bibliography
365
Film Television and Internet Sources
371
Index
373
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Kenneth G. C. Newport is Assistant Vice Chancellor and Professor of Christian Thought, Liverpool Hope University.

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