The Branch Davidians of Waco

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

• 1. 'A mad man in Waco': David Koresh in Popular Perspective ; 2. 'A sure word of prophecy': The Bible, Prophecy Belief and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church ; 3. 'Hear ye the Rod': Victor T. Houteff, the Shepherd's Rod and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists ; 4. 'Thy Kingdom Come': The Theology of Victor Houteff and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists ; 5. 'But the end is not yet': Florence Houteff and the End of the World ; 6. 'Behold the man whose name is The Branch': Ben Roden and the Emergence of Branch Davidianism ; 7. 'The Branch he': Ben Roden and the Theology of Branch Davidianism ; 8. 'The Branch she': Lois Roden, Shekinah and the struggle for leadership ; 9. 'A pale rider': Vernon Howell and the Branch Davidians 1959-1985 ; 10. 'And death shall follow in his wake': Vernon Howell, David Koresh, and the Branch Davidians 1986-1993 ; 11. 'The seventh angel': David Koresh and the Mystery of God ; 12. 'A lamb-like beast': The Branch Davidians and the ATF ; 13. 'A call for the endurance of the saints': Mt. Carmel 28 February-19 April 1993 ; 14. 'An ultimate act of faith'? The Cause of the Waco Fire ; 15. 'For behold the Lord will come with fire': Theology and the Waco Inferno ; 16. 'Prophecies shall fail': Post-1993 Branch Davidianism ; Concluding Observations

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