Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Cults

I was just there for a free meal. . .or so I thought.

This candid, riveting first-person account documents the cult phenomenon by journeying deep into a mind controlled by a cult. A 21-year-old college graduate is inextricably entangled by coercive techniques she can't escape. Her parents finally resort to drastic action to rescue her.
Decades later, this girl, now a parent herself, engages in an intimate conversation with her two adult daughters, shedding light on what fueled her submission--a tale of curiosity resulting in entrapment, also examining the role...

Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International(TM) is Charlene Edge's riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when recruiters drew her into The Way International, a sect led by the charismatic Victor Paul Wierwille. The Way became one of the largest cults in America. Charlene gave it seventeen years of her life. Believing that God led her to Wierwille, she underwent his intensive two-year training...

Think you could never join a cult? So did I.

Cults thrive on secrecy, isolation, deception, and manipulation as they coerce even worldly and intelligent people into their cruel grip. In this award-winning memoir, Alexandra Amor shines a light on cults so that others might learn from her heartbreaking experience. Amor gracefully and sensitively explains how ordinary and intelligent people get seduced into joining cults, why they stay despite the emotional and psychological abuse, and what the long process of recovery looks like once someone leaves a cult.
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No previous book has pooled the collective wisdom of people who are former members of the Mormon church and who also possess the highest academic credentials. Far from rehashing tired apologetic arguments, this book presents fresh, thoughtful, respectful, and challenging insights. Speaking to both the heart and mind, the four contributors share their stories of leaving the...