The Endtime Family: Children Of God Project Muse Upcc Books

A groundbreaking study of the controversial religious group the Children of God. Booknews Based on interviews, observation, and surveys, this study examines The Family's beliefs, practices, and social structure, looking at how it connects sex and spirituality, incorporates channeling, and anticipates the Endtime. It also considers efforts by anti-cult zealots and government authorities to seize and forcibly deprogram members of the group, especially children. Bainbridge is associated with the National Science Foundation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This Analysis Of The Controversial Religious Group, The Family, Or The Children Of God, Uses Interviews, Observational Techniques, And A Comprehensive Questionnaire Completed By More Than A Thousand Family Members. William Sims Bainbridge Explores How Family Members Infuse Spirituality With Sexuality, Channel Messages That They Believe Emanate From Beyond Life, And Await The Final Endtime. He Also Examines Attempts By Anticultists And The State To Deprogram Members Of The Group, Including Children, By Forcibly Seizing Them. The Book's Blending Of Theoretical Analysis With Vivid Accounts Of This Remarkable Counterculture Poses A Fascinating Question For Social Scientists And Society - How Is It That The Children Of God Both Differ From The General Public And, In Other Ways, Are So Surprisingly Similar To It?--jacket. Persecution -- Survey -- Beliefs -- Practices -- Alienation -- Sexuality -- Children. William Sims Bainbridge. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 189-197) And Index. "This analysis of the controversial religious group, The Family, or The Children of God, uses interviews, observational techniques, and a comprehensive questionnaire completed by more than a thousand Family members. William Sims Bainbridge explores how Family members infuse spirituality with sexuality, channel messages that they believe emanate from beyond life, and await the final Endtime. He also examines attempts by anticultists and the state to "deprogram" members of the group, including children, by forcibly seizing them. The book's blending of theoretical analysis with vivid accounts of this remarkable counterculture poses a fascinating question for social scientists and society - how is it that The Children of God both differ from the general public and, in other ways, are so surprisingly similar to it?"--BOOK JACKET. This groundbreaking analysis of the controversial religious group, The Family, or The Children of God, uses interviews, observational techniques, and a comprehensive questionnaire completed by more than a thousand Family members. William Sims Bainbridge explores how Family members infuse spirituality with sexuality, channel messages that they believe emanate from beyond life, and await the final Endtime. He also examines attempts by anti-cultists and the state to'deprogram'members of the group, including children, by forcibly seizing them. The book's blending of theoretical analysis with vivid accounts of this remarkable counterculture poses a fascinating question for social scientists and society—how is it that The Children of God both differ from the general public and, in other ways, are so surprisingly similar to it? Annotation Based on interviews, observation, and surveys, this study examines The Family's beliefs, practices, and social structure, looking at how it connects sex and spirituality, incorporates "channeling," and anticipates the Endtime. It also considers efforts by anti-cult zealots and government authorities to seize and forcibly deprogram members of the group, especially children. Bainbridge is associated with the National Science Foundation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR William Sims Bainbridge is Staff Associate for the Management and Planning Division of Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation. He is the author of many books, including The Sociology of Religious Movements .