Saints under siege : the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints

Saints under siege : the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints / edited by Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson.

In April 2008, state police and child protection authorities raided Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas, a community of 800 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist branch of the Mormons. State officials claimed that the raid, which was tri...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wright, Stuart A., Richardson, James T., 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2011.
Series:New and alternative religions series.
Subjects:
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints > History > 21st century.
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Fundamentalistische Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage.
2000-2099
Church and state > Texas > Eldorado Region > History > 21st century.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Church and state
Kirche.
Staat.
Razzia.
Ermittlungsverfahren.
Eldorado Region (Tex.) > Church history > 21st century.
Texas.
Electronic books.
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The past as prologue : a comparison of the Short Creek and Eldorado polygamy raids / Martha Bradley Evans
  • Rescuing children? : government raids and child abuse allegations in historical and cross-cultural perspective / Susan J. Palmer
  • The struggle for legitimacy : tensions between the LDS and FLDS / Ryan T. Cragun, Michael Nielsen and Heather Clingenpeel
  • Reader responses to the yearning for Zion Ranch raid and its aftermath on the websites of the Salt Lake tribune and the Desert news / Michael William Hamilton
  • Deconstructing official rationales for the Texas State raid on the FLDS / Stuart A. Wright
  • Texas redux : a comparative analysis of the FLDS and Branch Davidian raids / Stuart A. Wright and Jennifer Lara Fagen
  • Large scale FLDS raids : the dangers and appeal of crime control theater / Camille Brown and Carlene Gonzales
  • Strategic dissolution and the politics of opposition : parallels in the state raids on the Twelve Tribes and the FLDS / Jean Swantko Wiseman
  • Political and legislative context of the FLDS raid in Texas / James T. Richardson and Tamatha L. Scheinert
  • Pyrrhic victory? : an analysis of the appeal court opinions concerning the FLDS children / Tamatha L. Schreinert and James T. Richardson.

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