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9780061118067

Jesus Freaks

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    9780061118067

  • ISBN10:

    0061118060

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

One of the nations leading reporters on religion delivers the true story of a January 2005 murder/suicide that sheds new light on the Children of God/Family International, one of the most controversial religious movements to emerge from the spiritual turmoil of the 1960s and 1970s. 20 photos.

Author Biography

Don Lattin is an award-winning journalist and one of the nation's leading reporters covering alternative religious movements and figures in America. Over the past three decades he has covered Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones, Branch Davidian prophet David Koresh, and Heaven's Gate founder Marshall Herff Applewhite

Table of Contents

Cast of Charactersp. xi
Introductionp. xiii
Revenge of the Savior: Westbound on Interstate 10 near the Arizona/California border, January 8, 2005p. 1
Mama Berg: Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pima County, Arizona, December 1948p. 11
Jesus Freaks: Corner of Haight and Ashbury streets, San Francisco, California, May 1967p. 27
Gospel of Rebellion: Light Club, Huntington Beach, California, March 1968p. 35
Family Circus: Texas Soul Clinic Ranch, Erath County, Texas, March 1970p. 53
My Little Fish: Emergencia Maternidad, Tenerife, Canary Islands, January 1975p. 65
Teen Terror: Sunflower Street, Antipolo, Philippines, February 1987p. 81
Joy: King County District Court, Seattle, Washington, May 1993p. 97
Expert Witness: Church in the Marketplace, Sydney, Australia, January 1994p. 105
Elixcia: Family International Offices, Budapest, Hungary, August 1994p. 117
Loving Jesus: World Services Publication Unit, Vancouver, Canada, October 1996p. 125
Moving On: Family Care Foundation, Dulzura, California, March 2000p. 131
Into the Desert: Elderhaven Care Home, Tucson, Arizona, December 25, 2004p. 151
Last Date: Apartment of Alisia Arvizu, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 2, 2005p. 161
Lost: Tiago's house, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 8, 2005p. 165
"Come Die With Me": Ricky's apartment, Tucson, Arizona, January 8, 2005p. 171
End of the Road: Palo Verde Irrigation District, Blythe, California, January 9, 2005p. 175
Ricky.com: Cyberspace, March 2007 and beyondp. 183
Conclusionp. 201
Acknowledgmentsp. 213
Author's Note on the "Mo Letters"p. 215
Notesp. 217
Bibliographyp. 225
Indexp. 229
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