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What were the beliefs of the Branch Davidians? This is the first full scholarly account of their history. Kenneth G. C. Newport argues that, far from being an act of unfathomable religious insanity, the calamitous fire at Waco in 1993 was the culmination of a long theological and historical tradition that goes back many decades. The Branch Davidians under David Koresh were an eschatologically confident community that had long expected that the American government, whom they identified as the Lamb-like Beast of the book of Revelation, would one day arrive to seek to destroy God's remnant people. The end result, the fire, must be seen in this context.

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...comprehensive study ... a careful and detailed account that will both support further studies and challenge prevailing orthodoxies. Eugene V. Gallagher, Journal of the American Academy of Religion carefully-documented study. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Journal of Ecclesiastical History Newport's detailed exposition of these matters ... is itself worth the reading of his book for anyone who cares about the varieties of Bible prophecy schools of thought, as well as about apocalyptic religious movements in general. But his analysis takes on added significance for a very down-to-earth hypothesis that he sets forth regarding the setting of the Waco fire that destroyed the Davidians' Mt. Carmel compound. Richard J. Mouw, Books & Culture ...a readable, careful, and meticulous survey of the Branch Davidians and their apocalyptic beliefs. Church Times In this meticulously documented, judicious and readable book, free of easy ironies, we now have the definitive study of the subject. David Martin, Times Literary Supplement

carefully-documented study. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Journal of Ecclesiastical History Newport's detailed exposition of these matters ... is itself worth the reading of his book for anyone who cares about the varieties of Bible prophecy schools of thought, as well as about apocalyptic religious movements in general. But his analysis takes on added significance for a very down-to-earth hypothesis that he sets forth regarding the setting of the Waco fire that destroyed the Davidians' Mt. Carmel compound. Richard J. Mouw, Books & Culture ...a readable, careful, and meticulous survey of the Branch Davidians and their apocalyptic beliefs. Church Times In this meticulously documented, judicious and readable book, free of easy ironies, we now have the definitive study of the subject. David Martin, Times Literary Supplement

...comprehensive study ... a careful and detailed account that will both support further studies and challenge prevailing orthodoxies. Eugene V. Gallagher, Journal of the American Academy of Religion carefully-documented study. Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Journal of Ecclesiastical History Newport's detailed exposition of these matters ... is itself worth the reading of his book for anyone who cares about the varieties of Bible prophecy schools of thought, as well as about apocalyptic religious movements in general. But his analysis takes on added significance for a very down-to-earth hypothesis that he sets forth regarding the setting of the Waco fire that destroyed the Davidians' Mt. Carmel compound. Richard J. Mouw, Books & Culture ...a readable, careful, and meticulous survey of the Branch Davidians and their apocalyptic beliefs. Church Times In this meticulously documented, judicious and readable book, free of easy ironies, we now have the definitive study of the subject. David Martin, Times Literary Supplement

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Kenneth G. C. Newport is Assistant Vice Chancellor and Professor of Christian Thought, Liverpool Hope University.

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