Making Sense of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God

In March 2000, approximately 540 members of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (MRTCG) died in what initially appeared to be collective suicide. Subsequent police investigations, however, discovered the bodies of an additional 240 members who showed signs of having met a...

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Main Author: Walliss, John (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2005
In: Nova religio
Year: 2005, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-66
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