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American Cults Cabals, Corruption, and Charismatic Leaders

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Erscheinungsdatum

07.03.2023

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Visible Ink Press

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664 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-57859-825-0

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

07.03.2023

Abbildungen

schwarz-weiss Illustrationen

Verlag

Visible Ink Press

Seitenzahl

300

Maße (L/B/H)

22,9/15,2/2,2 cm

Gewicht

664 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-57859-825-0

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  • About the Author
    Acknowledgments

    Introduction: Crystal Balls and Conspiracies

    Prologue: What Makes a Cult Possible?

    Part I: In the Beginning: Why is America Such a Fertile Field for the Growth of Cults?
    Ch. 1. Lip-Service Religion
    Ch. 2. Rebelliousness
    Ch. 3. Entrepreneurship
    Ch. 4. Religious Freedom
    Ch. 5. Evolving Social Media
    Ch. 6. Infatuation with Conspiracy Theory
    Ch. 7. Living on “The Eve of Destruction”

    Part II. Offshoots: Breaking Away from Traditional Religions
    Ch. 8. Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity
    Ch. 9. Father Divine and the Peace Mission
    Ch. 10. Jim Jones and the People’s Temple Full Gospel Church
    Ch. 11. Jim Baker, the PTL Club, and the Return of Jesus
    Ch. 12. The Evangelical Church, Politics, and the NRA
    Ch. 13. Joshua, Jesus, Mohammad, and the Implications of Jihad
    Ch. 14. David Berg and the Family International
    Ch. 15. The Watchtower Society and Jehovah’s Witnesses
    Ch. 16. Gay Rights, Free Speech, and the Westboro Baptist Church
    Ch. 17. Jane Whaley, the Word of Faith Fellowship, and the Gospel of Prosperity
    Ch. 18. David Koresh and the Branch Davidians

    Part III. Science, Politics, Economics, and Metaphysics: A Codependent Relationship
    Ch. 19. The Cult of Scientism
    Ch. 20. The Dogma of Politics
    Ch. 21. Multi-Level Marketing Cults (MLMs): Pyramids, Ponzis, and Profits
    Ch. 22. The World of Metaphysics: “It Seems to Me …”
    Ch. 23. Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church
    Ch. 24. Eckankar: Discovering God

    Part IV. The Universe and Beyond: Answers from the Final Frontier
    Ch. 25. The Christian Rapture, Carl Jung, and Flying Saucers
    Ch. 26. The Church of Scientology
    Ch. 27. Raëlians and the Elohim: Intelligent Design for Atheists
    Ch. 28. Into the Universe: Latter-day Saints and the Colonization of the Cosmos
    Ch. 29. Heaven’s Gate: Help from Above?

    Part V. Prophets of the End Times: Telling the Future for Fun and Profit
    Ch. 30. From 666 to the “Seventy Sevens”: What Does the Bible Really Say about THE END?
    Ch. 31. From Nostradamus to Edgar Cayce and Beyond
    Ch. 32. The Doomsday Clock
    Ch. 33. Roch Thériault and the Ant Hill Kids

    Part VI. The Rise of Racial Religion Cults and Social Media: From WASPS to Computers and Beyond
    Ch. 34. From the Ku Klux Klan to White Nationalism
    Ch. 35. The New Militia Movement
    Ch. 36. Nuwaubian Nation: From Black Supremacists to UFOs
    Ch. 37. Social Media and the Rise of Hate Groups
    Ch. 38. Spoofing the Movement: Fun with Cults
    Ch. 39. QAnon: Political Conspiracy and Religious Icons

    Part VII. Sex in the City: The Dark Potency of Cults
    Ch. 40. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: Coming to America
    Ch. 41. Keith Raniere and NXIVM: The Case of the Self-Styled Revered One
    Ch. 42. Sullivanians: Sex as a Way of Life

    Part VIII. Conclusions: What’s Ahead for Individual Freedom?

    Epilogue: How Do I Get Out?
    Bibliography
    Index