1. Cults & New Religious Movements 2012-11-122012-11-12

2. Slide 2. 2012-11-12 Agenda Attendance Administrativa The Family FLDS Sexual Deviance Homework: Proposal The Branch Davidians (quiz on Moodle)

3. Slide 3. Typical Agenda Attendance New Religions in the News (4 minutes) Announcements / Administrativa (2 minutes) Explaining a concept (35 minutes) – for the exam’s paragraph answer section. What is a cult? Video with focus questions (20 minutes) and discussion Homework for Next Time (1 minute)

4. Slide 4. NRMs in the News Scientology leader's niece to reveal 'strange and disturbing' details about life inside church in tell-all memoir Jenna Miscavige Hill, 28, is the daughter of Scientology leader David Miscavige's older brother Ron She left the church in 2005 and set up a support group for other Scientology deserters Ms Miscavige Hill: 'My experience in growing up in Scientology is that it is both mentally and at times physically abusive' Book will reveal 'strange and disturbing' details about growing up in the church and will provide a firsthand account of Scientology's 'upper ranks', say publishers (DailyMail)

5. Slide 5. Branch Davidians Branch Davidians Branch Davidians Branch Davidians

6. Slide 6. Violence Why do so many New Religious Movements seem to end in tragedy?

7. Slide 7. HomeworkHomework For Wednesday: Read and watch about the Solar Temple Write the quiz on Moodle For Monday: Read Chapter 9 in Comprehending Cults Write a summary and response to Chapter 8

8. Ticket to HeavenTicket to Heaven (10:40-) Ticket to Heaven Ticket to HeavenTicket to Heaven (10:40-) Ticket to Heaven How does he become interested? What does this movement offer that mainstream religions do not?

9. Waco: Rules of Engagement Waco: Rules of Engagement Waco: Rules of Engagement Waco: Rules of Engagement 1.How biased or balanced is this documentary? 2.Did David Koresh have a specific apocalyptic scenario in mind? 3.What kinds of external opponents did the Branch Davidians have? 4.What triggered the investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? 5.What was the role of ex-members in the investigation? 6.What possible scenarios were considered, for serving the search warrant? 7.How did the BATF change their plan when they realized they had lost the element of surprise? 8.What is the connection between the raid and the fire? Would the fire have happened if the raid had not taken place? 9.What is the connection between the ex-members and the raid? Would the raid have happened if the opponents had not been active? 10.What did the Waco incident have in common with the Jonestown incident? 11.In what ways were the Waco incident and the Jonestown incident significantly different?