“That's just the American way”: The Branch Davidian Tragedy and Western Religious History
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Creator
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Todd Kerstetter
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Date
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November 2004
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Description
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Journal article examining the Branch Davidian/Waco event through the lens of American Western religious history.
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Format
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Online
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Western Historical Quarterly
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Extent
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18pp
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Subject
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Branch Davidians
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abstract
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This essay examines religions role in the 1993 Branch Davidian tragedy and places the event in the West's religious history. Like diverse other religious groups, the Branch Davidians found freedom in the West for decades. That freedoms collapse in 1993 revealed limits to the regions tolerance.
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Bibliographic Citation
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Todd Kerstetter, “That's just the American way”: The Branch Davidian Tragedy and Western Religious History, Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 4, Winter 2004, Pages 453–471, https://doi.org/10.2307/25443054
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