“That's just the American way”: The Branch Davidian Tragedy and Western Religious History

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Title
“That's just the American way”: The Branch Davidian Tragedy and Western Religious History
Creator
Todd Kerstetter
Date
November 2004
Description
Journal article examining the Branch Davidian/Waco event through the lens of American Western religious history.
Format
Online
Language
English
Publisher
Western Historical Quarterly
Extent
18pp
Relation
Branch Davidians
Subject
Branch Davidians
abstract
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.
Bibliographic Citation
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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