Cult book suggestions?

[greengreen]

Hello all,

This is my first post. Anyone out there know any good books (fiction or nonfiction) on cults????

Thanks

 

[JBeukema]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/God-That-Failed-Arthur-Koestler/dp/0231123957"]Amazon.com: The God That Failed (9780231123952): Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Richard Wright, André Gide, Louis Fischer, Stephen Spender, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, David Engerman: Books[/ame]



Make sure to read the entry by Arthur Koestler

 

[AllieBaba]

The Koran is a good place to start.

 

[Kalam]

The Koran is a good place to start.

Good point, it does discuss Christianity on more than one occasion.

 

[JBeukema]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Death-Afterlife-Religion/dp/0385422997]Amazon.com: Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion (9780385422994): Alan F. Segal: Books[/ame]

 

[JBeukema]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Harlots-Fifteen-Years-Cult/dp/0688170129/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286660870&sr=1-1]Amazon.com: Heaven's Harlots: My Fifteen Years in a Sex Cult (9780688170127): Miriam Williams: Books[/ame]

 

[JBeukema]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Building-Your-Cult-Politics-People/dp/1450590837/]Amazon.com: Building Your Cult: Power, Politics and People (9781450590839): Dantalion Jones: Books[/ame]

 

[Avatar4321]

basically any religious section of the bookstore holds nothing but books on cults.

 

[Revere]

That book about jackass Obama's father.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[AllieBaba]

that book about jackass obama's father.

lol!

 

[boedicca]

Here's another good one:

"Earth in the Balance" by Algore

 

[strollingbones]

i dont consider this a cult book but salvation on sand mtn is good....serpent handlers

 

[blu]

the bible and the koran are two popular ones

 

[greengreen]

Thanks. There were some random suggestions, but some of these look good. I will pick a few of them up and get back to you.

 

[greengreen]

Ok, the obama one was just rediculous, but funny. If anyone out there has any other suggestions on books about cults or new age religions that would be good please let me know.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Ok, the obama one was just rediculous, but funny. If anyone out there has any other suggestions on books about cults or new age religions that would be good please let me know.

"Our Father Who Art In Hell" is an excellent book on the story of Jim Jones and the Guyana tragedy.

"Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion" might be good if you're looking for a more generalized study of what cults are and why people are susceptible to them.

It would help some if I knew why you want the books and what you're looking for.