(Waco) Branch Davidians : Amo Paul Bishop Roden collection, 1946-2008 1993-2003.

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(Waco) Branch Davidians : Amo Paul Bishop Roden collection, 1946-2008 1993-2003.

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The (Waco) Branch Davidians: Amo Paul Bishop Roden Collection was received as a series of gifts from Amo Paul Bishop Roden in 1998, 2003, 2005, and 2007. The collection contains sermons, essays, books, and printed materials that examine the Branch Davidians' theology. Many of the writings were composed by Roden herself after the Siege of 1993. The collection also contains material from Davidian leaders Victor Houteff and David Koresh. Much of this is sympathetic towards the Davidians.

0.9 linear feet (2 manuscript boxes)

Baylor University Libraries, Moody Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8145765

Baylor University Libraries, Moody Memorial Library

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Koresh, David, 1959-1993

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Mount Carmel Center (Waco, Tex.)

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Branch Davidians

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Roden, Amo Paul Bishop 1943-

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The religious sect known as the Branch Davidians was the product of a reform movement within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Problems began when a group of Adventists, led by Bulgarian immigrant Victor Houteff, began to challenge the traditional hierarchy of the denomination. Houteff claimed to have received personal revelations from God and published his controversial views in a book entitled The Shepherd's Rod (1932). Houteff and his followers believed that the spiritual gift of...