Empathy and the Religious "Enemy"

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• Let's Storm the Gates of Hell
• The Devil is Real
• Controversial minister to sue NFL: Super Bowl halftime show ‘put me in danger of hell fire’
  A former Ohio high school football coach and current right-wing minister is hot under the collar after he believes he was subjected to watch an excessively lascivious Super Bowl LIV halftime show, courtesy of J-Lo and Shakira.
• 'I never forced a single kid to pray': Former Ohio football coach reflects on SCOTUS ruling
  The case of Dave Daubenmire closely mirrors Monday's U.S. Supreme Court Case involving another football coach.
• ACLU Declares Victory in Ohio School Where Football Coach Led Prayers, Read Scripture
  Press release detailing ACLU victory in case filed against the London City School District, where members of the high school coaching staff allegedly breached "the First Amendment wall of separation between church and state." Daubenmire admitted to including the Lord's Prayer, allowing ministers to lead the team's prayer, and to including Bible stories in meetings.
• ‘We’re Having a Coup’: This Anti-Gay ‘Brigade’ Filmed Itself During the Capitol Riots
  News report on Pass the Light Brigade (a section of Pass the Salt Ministries) members present at the Capitol riots in January 2021.
• Our Foundation and Our Purpose
• Clive Doyle, leader of Branch Davidian survivors, dies at 81
  Obituary and memorial to leader of Branch Davidian survivors. Includes quotes and short biography.
• Impact of the Waco Branch Davidian Case and the Anticult Movement in Post-Communist Hungary
  Article examining the impact of the 1993 Branch Davidian conflict on emerging anticult movements in Hungary. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, new religious movements developed, facing opposition from policymakers who used events like the 1993 conflict to advocate for anticult legislation, limiting new religious movements.
• WACO SIEGE ENDS IN DOZENS OF DEATHS AS CULT SITE BURNS AFTER FBI ASSAULT
  News article on the 51-day standoff between FBI and Branch Davidians at Waco complex. Includes a timeline of events
• 30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe
  NPR web adaption of an interview about the Wago conflict between federal law enforcement and Branch Davidians. Author Jeff Guinn provides insight on misunderstandings that contributed to the standoff and Koresh's legacy today.
• Women leaders in the Davidian and branch Davidian traditions
  Journal article examining the role of women leaders in small alternative religions, in this case the Branch Davidian tradition.
• Manufacturing consent about Koresh: A structural analysis of the role of media in the Waco tragedy.
  Analysis of the media's role in the Waco tragedy, with particular attention given to the "psychologizing" of the issue and how the media tied Branch Davidian developments to popular anticultist ideology. Draws on Herman and Chomsky's (1988) "propaganda model" to explain the media's role as an instrument of U.S. elites.
• The Branch Davidians and the Politics of Power and Intimidation
• “That's just the American way”: The Branch Davidian Tragedy and Western Religious History
  Journal article examining the Branch Davidian/Waco event through the lens of American Western religious history.
• Appropriated Martys: The Branch Davidians and the radical right
  Journal article analyzing the relationship between Branch Davidians and martyrdom.
• Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen
• Attention! -- Standing against militant homosexuals, lesbians, and pedophiles
• Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps (ACMTC)
  https://enemyempathy.lib.miamioh.edu/s/empathy-and-the-religious-enemy/item/205
• Israel’s Zealots in Gaberdine: The “Guardians of the City”
  1951 commentary on Neturei Karta that writes they "do represent an embryo a menace to Israel's developing democracy."
• Zionism: Neturei Karta
  Overview of Neturei Karta as the group relates to Zionism.
• Unhoming Homeland: Jewish Diaspora and Neturei Karta Community
  This paper explores the nature of this group and its position against Zionism. The main focus is about their anti-Zionism ideology in connection with the notion of Jewish ‘homeland’ and ‘diaspora’.
• Amram Blau: The World of Neturei Karta’s Leader
  Kimmy Caplan’s book reviews the extraordinary life of Amram Blau and the early history of the Neturei Karta group he established.
• The Modesty Campaigns of Rabbi Amram Blau and the Neturei Karta Movement, 1938––1974
  The article examines the modesty campaigns led by Neturei Karta circles in the period 1938––1974 under the leadership of Rabbi Amram Blau (1896––1974). It explores the defensive and offensive stages of the modesty campaign that was aimed mostly to strengthen the Haredi enclave and to separate it from secular Jerusalem with the establishment of the modesty patrols.
• Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489–1561): The Renunciation of Structure