Explaining the Murder-Suicides of the Order of the Solar Temple: A Survey of Hypotheses

• The Order of the Solar Temple caught the attention of the public in October 1994, when 53 members of the order in Switzerland and Québec were murdered or committed suicide. These tragic events were later followed by two group suicides, and the Solar Temple quickly became one of the most notorious and discussed ”cults”. This chapter surveys the most important scholarly theories concerning the violence of the Solar Temple, but it also addresses the broader discussion of sects and violence using the Solar Temple as a case study.

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HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Religious Studies (hsv//eng)

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