Jesus Freaks

by Lattin, Don

• ISBN13: 9780061118067
• ISBN10: 0061118060
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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