LEADER 04564nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910826879103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-9530-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814795309 035 $a(CKB)2550000000052285 035 $a(EBL)866129 035 $a(OCoLC)756661749 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606660 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11400086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606660 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582561 035 $a(PQKB)11020523 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000489567 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866129 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4923 035 $a(DE-B1597)548381 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814795309 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000052285 100 $a20110415d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSaints under siege $ethe Texas State raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints /$fedited by Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 225 1 $aThe new and alternative religions series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-9529-3 311 0 $a0-8147-9528-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIn April 2008, state police and child protection authorities raided Yearning for Zion Ranch near Eldorado, Texas, a community of 800 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist branch of the Mormons. State officials claimed that the raid, which was triggered by anonymous phone calls from an underage girl to a domestic violence hotline, was based on evidence of widespread child sexual abuse. In a high-risk paramilitary operation, 439 children were removed from the custody of their parents and held until the Third Court of Appeals found that the state had overreached. Not only did the state fail to corroborate the authenticity of the hoax calls, but evidence reveals that Texas officials had targeted the FLDS from the outset, planning and preparing for a confrontation. Saints under Siege provides a thorough, theoretically grounded critical examination of the Texas state raid on the FLDS while situating this event in a broader sociological context. The volume considers the raid as an exemplar case of a larger pattern of state actions against minority religions, offering comparative analyses to other government raids both historically and across cultures. In its look beyond the Texas raid, it provides compelling evidence of social intolerance and state repression of unpopular minority faiths in general, and the FLDS in particular. 410 0$aNew and alternative religions series. 606 $aChurch and state$zTexas$zEldorado Region$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aEldorado Region (Tex.)$xChurch history$y21st century 615 0$aChurch and state$xHistory 676 $a261.7/208828933 701 $aWright$b Stuart A$01656032 701 $aRichardson$b James T.$f1941-$01634756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826879103321 996 $aSaints under siege$94189392 997 $aUNINA