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Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple
Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the People's Temple
by Deborah Layton
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Told by a former high-level member of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown survivor, Seductive Poison is the "truly unforgettable" (Kirkus Review) story of how one woman was seduced by one of the most notorious cults in recent memory and how she... (read more)

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Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom
Bad Moon Rising: How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, Seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom
by John Gorenfeld
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"A mind-altering expose of the cult within the cult, the Moon empire, and its astonishing influence inside Washington, the Republican Party, and the vast right-wing conspiracy." -- Sidney Blumenthal, How Bush Rules: Chronicles of a Radical... (read more)

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New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities
New Religions: A Guide: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities
by Christoph Partridge
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From Christian Science and the Jehovah's Witnesses to Soka Gakkai, Wicca, and Falun Gong, the last century and a half has seen an unprecedented growth of new religious movements, sects, and alternative spiritualities. New Religions offers an... (read more)

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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
by Julia Scheeres
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“I love socialism, and I’m willing to die to bring it about, but if I did, I’d take a thousand with me.”  —Jim Jones, September 6, 1975 In 1954, a pastor named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called... (read more)

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Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements
Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements
by Lorne Dawson
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Long the focus of controversy, cults,--what sociologists prefer to call new religious movements--have been studied by scholars for years. Yet little of this information has made its way into public awareness. Comprehending Cults is a comprehensive and... (read more)

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Church of Scientology (11 Edition)
Church of Scientology (11 Edition)
by Hugh B. Urban
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"Hugh Urban has written an engaging book that tells the story of Scientology more thoroughly and in a more balanced way than any other treatment of the topic thus far. Were that not enough, this is also a book with much to say about the central question... (read more)

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Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
by Philip Jenkins
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In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. In fact, most of the frightening images and... (read more)

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The New Religious Movements Experience in America
The New Religious Movements Experience in America
by Eugene V. Gallagher
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Wherever and whenever they appear, new religious movements always produce conflict. Even as they attract members who enthusiastically embrace their innovative teachings, new religions often provoke strongly negative reactions—often because they... (read more)

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Seductive Poison: A Johnstown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
Seductive Poison: A Johnstown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
by Deborah Layton
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From Waco to Heaven's Gate, the past decade has seen its share of cult tragedies. But none has been quite so dramatic or compelling as the Jonestown massacre of 1978, in which the Reverend Jim Jones and 913 of his disciples perished. Deborah Layton had... (read more)

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Sects, 'Cults' & Alternative Religions: A World Survey & Sourcebook
Sects, 'Cults' & Alternative Religions: A World Survey & Sourcebook
by David V Barrett
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Is the next David Koresh or Jim Jones building a following in your town? Or, are well-meaning people oppressing religious groups where you live, simply because their practices look different? One of the world's leading experts on both traditional and new... (read more)

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In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family
In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family
by Nansook Hong
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These Also Believe Study of Modern Ameri
These Also Believe Study of Modern Ameri
by Charles S Braden
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Extraordinary Man Stories of Subud Members Experiences of Bapak
Extraordinary Man Stories of Subud Members Experiences of Bapak
by Emmanuel Williams
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Divine Principle
Divine Principle
by Sun Myung Moon
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Suicide Cult the Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect & the Massacre in Guyana
Suicide Cult the Inside Story of the Peoples Temple Sect & the Massacre in Guyana
by Marshall Kilduff
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