"The Branch Davidians were a separatist, communal sect of the Seventh Day Adventists that had occupied several buildin…"

"The Branch Davidians are an offshoot of the Davidians, a religious sect that had split from the Seventh-Day Adventist…"

"Jonestown was at heart a religious community, whether classified as a new religious movement, a cult, a sect, or a ch…"

"Every person who is not a fellow member, and every social, religious and political institution that lies outside the …"

"Now I see there is a people risen that I cannot win with gifts or honours, offices or places; but all other sects and…"

"Like Peoples Temple, the Branch Davidians approximated the 'apocalyptic sect' as an ideal type."

"As with its disciplinary practices and its round of daily life, the community of goods in the Peoples Temple at Jones…"

"I remembered the devotion of those belonging to the Manson 'Family' or the 'People's Temple' of Jim Jones or the Bran…"

"Observers of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple noted that Jones' socialist sect did not lose non-profit status or receive rea…"

"There is an interesting class difference to be found among these apocalyptic sects. The victims at Waco were predomin…"