Saints under siege the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints / [electronic resource] : edited by Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson. - New York : New York University Press, c2011. - xi, 270 p. : ill. - The new and alternative religions series . - New and alternative religions series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints--History--21st century.


Church and state--History--Texas--Eldorado Region--21st century.


Eldorado Region (Tex.)--Church history--21st century.


Electronic books.

BX8680.M534 / E43 2011

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