Stuart A. Wright
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Stuart A. Wright is Professor of Sociology and Director of Research in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Lamar University
with primary research interests in religious and political movements, sectarian conflict, violence and terrorism. Wright has authored over fifty publications in scholarly journals and edited volumes and he has published five books, including Armageddon in Waco (1995), Patriots, Politics and the Oklahoma City Bombing (2007), and Saints under Siege: The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Days Saints (with James T. Richardson, 2011). He has served on the Executive Councils of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
, Religious Research Association, and the Association for the Sociology of Religion
. Wright has testified in Congressional hearings on state-sect conflict and served as an expert or consultant in a number of high profile legal cases, including the Branch Davidian criminal and civil trials, the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh, and the trial of Alan Keate, an FLDS defendant following the Texas raid on Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in 2008. He is currently working with Susan J. Palmer on a book (Storming Zion) that entails a cross-national study of government raids on new or unconventional religious communities in ten different countries over the last half century.
Lamar University
Lamar University, often referred to as Lamar or LU, is a comprehensive coeducational public research university located in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Lamar confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees and is classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher...
with primary research interests in religious and political movements, sectarian conflict, violence and terrorism. Wright has authored over fifty publications in scholarly journals and edited volumes and he has published five books, including Armageddon in Waco (1995), Patriots, Politics and the Oklahoma City Bombing (2007), and Saints under Siege: The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Days Saints (with James T. Richardson, 2011). He has served on the Executive Councils of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion was formed to advance research in the social scientific perspective on religious institutions and experiences.-Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion:...
, Religious Research Association, and the Association for the Sociology of Religion
Association for the Sociology of Religion
The Association for the Sociology of Religion is an academic association with more than 700 members worldwide. It publishes a journal, the Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review and holds meetings at the same venues and times as the American Sociological Association.-History:The ASR was founded...
. Wright has testified in Congressional hearings on state-sect conflict and served as an expert or consultant in a number of high profile legal cases, including the Branch Davidian criminal and civil trials, the Oklahoma City bombing trial of Timothy McVeigh, and the trial of Alan Keate, an FLDS defendant following the Texas raid on Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) in 2008. He is currently working with Susan J. Palmer on a book (Storming Zion) that entails a cross-national study of government raids on new or unconventional religious communities in ten different countries over the last half century.