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Publisher : Sam Ajemian
ISBN 13 : 0977451909
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (774 download)
Download or read book The Children of God Cult, aka The Family written by and published by Sam Ajemian. This book was released on with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David E. Van Zandt
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400862159
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Living in the Children of God written by David E. Van Zandt and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the religious ferment of the 1970s, David Van Zandt studied firsthand the most vilified of the new radical religious movements--the Children of God, or the Family of Love. First feigning membership and later gaining the permission of the Family, the author lived full-time in COG colonies in England and the Netherlands. From that experience, he has produced an informed, insightful, and humane report on how COG members function in what seems at first to be a completely bizarre setting. The COG, an offshoot of the Jesus People movement of the late 1960s, was one of the first radical religious groups to be accused of "brainwashing." Led by the charismatic David Berg, known as Moses David, the group demands total commitment from its full-time members and proselytizes continuously. Until recently the COG used sex as a proselytizing tool, and it continues to encourage full sexual sharing among group members. Instead of examining the COG's ideology in the abstract, Van Zandt analyzes how its ideas are understood and used by ordinary members in their daily lives. For them the Family is its practical, day-to-day, and all-consuming activities, such as "litnessing" (the street sale of COG literature). This is a vivid eyewitness account that will fascinate anyone interested in life in modern radical communal religions, such as the Unification Church and the Hare Krishnas, as well as in other radical, Christian-based, total-commitment groups. Van Zandt's frank reflections on his near-conversion experience and on the ethics of his covert observation enrich our knowledge of doing research with such groups. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Faith Morgan
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529347610
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)
Download or read book Rebel written by Faith Morgan and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A rare, highly detailed insider account of a "family" designed to be shut off from the world. And of Morgan, a ferocious young girl who railed hard against it.' Sunday Times 'This is an unflinching and courageous memoir, exposing one of the world's most infamous cults. It's an inspiring, if at times upsetting, read.' Daily Express My name is Faith Morgan and I was born into the infamous Children of God cult, or 'The Family' as it came to be known. At age 19 I managed to escape and entered a world in which I had to learn how to live again. Rebel is my story. My teenage diary helps piece the story of my travels in Costa Rica, India, Greece, Mexico, and London together. Of the communes, the 'missions', the friendships and the relationships. And of course, my enduring faith: in Jesus, in the Prophet (cult leader David Berg), and in the inevitability of the coming end times, which I fully believed would arrive. But beyond the brainwashing and mistreatment is the extraordinary story of my family and the adventures of my early life which help me understand what happened and why, so it doesn't happen to others. The spirit of that defiant girl who escaped is still in there somewhere, and through telling my story I wish to look into the eyes of 'evil', with its many faces so I can send it on its way.
Author : Don Lattin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061118044
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (611 download)
Download or read book Jesus Freaks written by Don Lattin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven, Don Lattin's Jesus Freaks is the story of a shocking pilgrimage of revenge that left two people dead and shed new light on The Family International, one of the most controversial religious movements to emerge from the spiritual turmoil of the sixties and seventies. Some say The Family International—previously known as the Children of God—began with the best intentions. But their sexual and spiritual excesses soon forced them to go underground and follow a dark and dangerous path. Their charismatic leader, David "Moses" Berg, preached a radical critique of the piety and hypocrisy of mainstream Christianity. But Berg's message quickly devolved into its own web of lies. He lusted for power and unlimited access to female members of his flock—including young girls and teenagers—and became a drunken tyrant, setting up re-indoctrination camps around the world for rebellious teenagers under his control. Thousands of children raised in The Family would defect and try to live normal lives, but the prophet's heir apparent, Ricky "Davidito" Rodriguez, was unable to either bear the excesses of the cult or fit into normal society. Sexually and emotionally abused as a child, Ricky left the fold and began a crusade to destroy the only family he ever knew, including a plot to kill his own mother. Veteran journalist Don Lattin has written a powerful, engrossing book about this uniquely American tragedy. Jesus Freaks is a cautionary tale for those who fail to question the prophesies and proclamations of anyone who claims to speak for God.
Author : LAUREN. HOUGH
Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 9781529382525
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (825 download)
Download or read book Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing written by LAUREN. HOUGH and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Faith Jones
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062952463
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Sex Cult Nun written by Faith Jones and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek and a Most Anticipated by People, TIME, USA Today, Real Simple, Glamour, Nylon, Bustle, Purewow, Shondaland, and more! Educated meets The Vow in this story of liberation and self-empowerment—an inspiring and stranger-than-fiction memoir of growing up in and breaking free from the Children of God, an oppressive, extremist religious cult. Faith Jones was raised to be part a religious army preparing for the End Times. Growing up on an isolated farm in Macau, she prayed for hours every day and read letters of prophecy written by her grandfather, the founder of the Children of God. Tens of thousands of members strong, the cult followers looked to Faith’s grandfather as their guiding light. As such, Faith was celebrated as special and then punished doubly to remind her that she was not. Over decades, the Children of God grew into an international organization that became notorious for its alarming sex practices and allegations of abuse and exploitation. But with indomitable grit, Faith survived, creating a world of her own—pilfering books and teaching herself high school curriculum. Finally, at age twenty-three, thirsting for knowledge and freedom, she broke away, leaving behind everything she knew to forge her own path in America. A complicated family story mixed with a hauntingly intimate coming-of-age narrative, Faith Jones’ extraordinary memoir reflects our societal norms of oppression and abuse while providing a unique lens to explore spiritual manipulation and our rights in our bodies. Honest, eye-opening, uplifting, and intensely affecting, Sex Cult Nun brings to life a hidden world that’s hypnotically alien yet unexpectedly relatable.
Author : James D. Chancellor
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815606451
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Life in The Family written by James D. Chancellor and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a unique insider's perspective—including interviews with more than seven-hundred family members—James Chancellor charts The Family's course since its emergence as the most controversial group to grow out of the Jesus People Movement in the 1960s. Chancellor, who had extraordinary access to rare Family records, includes the experiences of members who have remained loyal to the community and to the founding vision of their prophet, David Brandt Berg. In the first book of its kind—comprising often painful personal histories and firsthand accounts—Chancellor focuses on the motivation and process of becoming a Child of God, the core beliefs of the community, the mission of the disciples, their shifting sexual mores, and the cost of membership in terms of internal discipline and external persecution. Intense confrontation with the legal, religious, political, and educational establishment marked the movement's activities from the beginning. The young disciples heeded the call of their prophet to flee a soon-to-be-destroyed North America. Dispersed throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, and East Asia, they virtually disappeared from the American landscape. In the late 1980s, The Family had gone through extreme theological and lifestyle changes, including a radical reordering of their sexual ethos. The Children of God started to come home. Now a worldwide counterculture of some twelve thousand members, the movement's colorful history reveals a profoundly religious group that has tested the limits of human experience.
Author : Natacha Tormey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0007577168
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Born into the Children of God: Part 3 of 3: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside written by Natacha Tormey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into the Children of God can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 3 of 3.
Author : David Berg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788449954443
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (544 download)
Download or read book The Mo Letters written by David Berg and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters written by Moses David for The Children of God.
Author : J. Gordon Melton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560853701
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (537 download)
Download or read book The Children of God written by J. Gordon Melton and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791452639
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (526 download)
Download or read book The Endtime Family written by William Sims Bainbridge and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2002-01-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating examination of a religious counterculture group showing how it differs from mainstream society, yet is similar in other ways.
Author : Natacha Tormey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 000757715X
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Born into the Children of God: Part 2 of 3: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside written by Natacha Tormey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into the Children of God can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 2 of 3.
Author : Natacha Tormey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0007560346
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Born into the Children of God: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside written by Natacha Tormey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by ‘The Family’, Natacha’s childhood was stolen.
Author : Celeste Jones
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007248083
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Not Without My Sister written by Celeste Jones and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of three girls violated and betrayed.
Author : Natacha Tormey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0007577141
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Born into the Children of God: Part 1 of 3: My life in a religious sex cult and my struggle for survival on the outside written by Natacha Tormey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into the Children of God can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3.
Author : Jon Peniel
Publisher : Windsor Hill
ISBN 13 : 0971074097
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Lost Teachings of Atlantis written by Jon Peniel and published by Windsor Hill. This book was released on 1997-07-06 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the account of an American teenager who discovered a monastery in Tibet that was the inspiration for the legend of Shangri La. It might be categorized as a 'new age' or philosophy book, like the Celestine Prophecy, since it focuses on his spiritual training and their teachings in a novel-like format. Hard to believe, but interestingly, the sub-tropical region amongst the Himalayas that he describes finding, was later documented by explorers from National Geographic, then 'covered up' (there is still evidence of this). Also interesting is that the author was apparently mentioned in the Edgar Cayce readings (the famous American psychic whose books have sold millions of copies), as someone who would one day bring an important message to the world.
Author : Ruth Wangerin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031303379X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Children of God written by Ruth Wangerin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-11-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wangerin examines one small symbolic revolution against American capitalist culture. It was carried out by youth who were painfully and personally aware of the problems of what they called the System, though they did not necessarily understand the underlying causes of their problems. They called themselves the Children of God. Wangerin studied the Children of God from 1973-1978 in the United States, Mexico, and Italy and has kept in touch with some of them ever since. This is one of the most thorough studies of the controversial cult founded in 1968 by David Berg, and the only ethnography that treats it as a mystical utopian socialist movement.
