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Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge
Jesus Freaks A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge
Author: Don Lattin
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. So...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061118067
ISBN-10: 0061118060
Publication Date: 9/1/2008
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: HarperOne
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book shows how being in the right place at the right time can still be so wrong. Centered on The Family (The Family Internation, Children of God, etc) this book follows from the creation of The Family up through and beyond the suicide/murder of their so-named prophet son.

Not only did I get the sordid details of this cult, I also gained a better understanding of the 60's/70's turmoil that the flower children and hippies came from. It definitely made me look at the Haight/Ashbury neighborhood completely new.

There is a fair amount of abuse and cursing, however, Don Lattin really sparked my curiousity. He also gave the websites so that I could go and read some of the stuff myself.

Definitely recommended.


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