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Branch Davidians of Waco : The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect by Kenneth G. C. Newport (2006, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199245746

ISBN-139780199245741

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Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBranch Davidians of Waco : the History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect

Publication Year2006

SubjectChristianity / General, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorKenneth G. C. Newport

Subject AreaReligion

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight29.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-033133

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsIn this meticulously documented, judicious and readable book, free of easy ironies, we now have the definitive study of the subject., ...a readable, careful, and meticulous survey of the Branch Davidians and their apocalyptic beliefs., "An extended, well-documented, analytical treatment." -- Nova Religio "Acknowledging the passionate engagement with theological ideas that always characterized the small but intense membership of teh various splinter groups of the Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) church that made up the Davidian and Branch Davidian traditions, Newport's history patiently disentangles and lays out for examination their complex understandings of the Bible." -- Journal of the American Academy of Religion, "An extended, well-documented, analytical treatment." --Nova Religio "Acknowledging the passionate engagement with theological ideas that always characterized the small but intense membership of teh various splinter groups of the Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) church that made up the Davidian and Branch Davidian traditions, Newport's history patiently disentangles and lays out for examination their complex understandings of the Bible." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Newport's detailed exposition of these matters ... is itself worth the reading of his book for anyone who cares about the varieties of Bible prophecy schools of thought, as well as about apocalyptic religious movements in general. But his analysis takes on added significance for a very down-to-earth hypothesis that he sets forth regarding the setting of the Waco fire that destroyed the Davidians' Mt. Carmel compound., "An extended, well-documented, analytical treatment." --Nova Religio"Acknowledging the passionate engagement with theological ideas that always characterized the small but intense membership of teh various splinter groups of the Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) church that made up the Davidian and Branch Davidian traditions, Newport's history patiently disentangles and lays out for examination their complex understandings of the Bible." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal299/.93

Table Of Content1. 'A mad man in Waco': David Koresh in Popular Perspective2. 'A sure word of prophecy': The Bible, Prophecy Belief and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church3. 'Hear ye the Rod': Victor T. Houteff, the Shepherd's Rod and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists4. 'Thy Kingdom Come': The Theology of Victor Houteff and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists5. 'But the end is not yet': Florence Houteff and the End of the World6. 'Behold the man whose name is The Branch': Ben Roden and the Emergence of Branch Davidianism7. 'The Branch he': Ben Roden and the Theology of Branch Davidianism8. 'The Branch she': Lois Roden, Shekinah and the struggle for leadership9. 'A pale rider': Vernon Howell and the Branch Davidians 1959-198510. 'And death shall follow in his wake': Vernon Howell, David Koresh, and the Branch Davidians 1986-199311. 'The seventh angel': David Koresh and the Mystery of God12. 'A lamb-like beast': The Branch Davidians and the ATF13. 'A call for the endurance of the saints': Mt. Carmel 28 February-19 April 199314. 'An ultimate act of faith'? The Cause of the Waco Fire15. 'For behold the Lord will come with fire': Theology and the Waco Inferno16. 'Prophecies shall fail': Post-1993 Branch DavidianismConcluding Observations

SynopsisWhat were the beliefs of the Branch Davidians? This is the first full scholarly account of their history. Kenneth G. C. Newport argues that, far from being an act of unfathomable religious insanity, the calamitous fire at Waco in 1993 was the culmination of a long theological and historical tradition that goes back many decades. The Branch Davidians under David Koresh were an eschatologically confident community that had long expected that the American government, whom they identified as the Lamb-like Beast of the book of Revelation, would one day arrive to seek to destroy God's remnant people. The end result, the fire, must be seen in this context., The first full, scholarly account of the history and beliefs of the Branch Davidians, the community that hit the world's headlines in 1993 when their buildings in Waco, Texas, burnt to the ground with great loss of life.

LC Classification NumberBP605.B72N49 2006