From the Ashes Making Sense of Waco

, by Lewis, James R.

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ISBN: 9780847679140 | 0847679144
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/29/1994

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Acknowledgments
Introduction: Responses to the Branch Davidian Tragedy
The Crime of Piety: Wounded Knee to Waco	p. 1
Misinterpreting Religious Commitment	p. 7
Tailhook and Waco: A Commentary	p. 11
Understanding the Branch Davidians
The Waco Tragedy: An Autobiographical Account of One Attempt to Avert Disaster	p. 13
The Davidian Dilemma - To Obey God or Man?	p. 23
The Davidian Tradition	p. 33
Millennialism and the Waco Confrontation
Reflections after Waco: Millennialists and the State	p. 41
The Millennial Dream	p. 51
Varieties of Millennialism and the Issue of Authority	p. 55
Law Enforcement and Tactical Assessments
Cult Label Made Waco Violence Inevitable	p. 63
What Went Wrong in Waco? Poor Planning, Bad Tactics Result in Botched Raid	p. 67
Killed by Semantics: Or Was It a Keystone Kop Kaleidoscope Kaper?	p. 71
Showdown at the Waco Corral: ATF Cowboys Shoot Themselves in the Foot	p. 87
Misguided Tactics Contributed to Apocalypse in Waco	p. 95
Mass Suicide?
Excavating Waco	p. 99
Who Started the Fires? Mass Murder, American Style	p. 111
Fanning the Flames of Suspicion: The Case against Mass Suicide at Waco	p. 115
The Role of the Anti-cult Movement
The Mythology of Cults	p. 121
"Cults," "Mind Control," and the State	p. 125
The Cult Awareness Network: Its Role in the Waco Tragedy	p. 137
Dynamics and Impact of the Media
The Media and New Religious Movements	p. 143
Television and Metaphysics at Waco	p. 150
Waco and the War of the Worlds: Media Fantasy and Modern Reality	p. 157
Polygamy and Accusations of Child Abuse
A More Righteous Seed: A Comparison of Polygamy among the Branch Davidians and the Fundamentalist Mormons	p. 165
Who Committed Child Abuse at Waco?	p. 169
Suffer the Little Children	p. 175
Academic Reflections
Lessons from Waco: When Will We Ever Learn?	p. 181
Why Did Waco Happen?	p. 185
Reflections on the Waco Disaster: Trying to Make Sense of Insane Events	p. 189
Deconstructing Waco	p. 197
Did the G-men Sleep through SOC 100?	p. 201
Reflections on the Tragedy at Waco	p. 205
How Future Wacos Might Be Avoided: Two Proposals	p. 209
Sticks'n Stones May Break Your Bones but Words Can Really Hurt You	p. 213
Selected Responses
Christian Holocaust	p. 215
Open Season on Messiahs?	p. 217
Waco Probe Should Not Be Used to Define Religion	p. 221
A New Religious Movement's Response to the Waco Tragedy	p. 223
Church Universal and Triumphant Not Like Branch Davidians	p. 225
FBI Uses "Cults" as Bait	p. 229
Waco: Bill Clinton's Bay of Pigs	p. 235
Selected Letters to Public Officials
Letter to President Clinton	p. 237
Letter to Donald Edwards	p. 241
Letter to Jack Brooks	p. 245
Letter to Janet Reno	p. 247
Letter to Donald Edwards	p. 251
Epilogue: A Fiery Ending	p. 253
Index	p. 261
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