Saints under siege the Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints - Wright, Stuart A.; Richardson, James T., 1941- (New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- History -- 21st century; Church and state -- Texas -- Eldorado Region -- History -- 21st century; Eldorado Region (Texas) -- Church history -- 21st century; RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues; RELIGION / Christianity / General; Electronic books