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ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST ACCURATE BOOKS ABOUT "THE FAMILY"
Not What I was Hoping!

The Endtime Family: Children of God
William Sims Bainbridge
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0791452646

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A groundbreaking study of the controversial religious group the Children of God.

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ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST ACCURATE BOOKS ABOUT "THE FAMILY".......2002-09-13

This is the most honest and accurate book about "The Family", an international Christian humanitarian movement that follows the principles of Christ to "forsake all and follow Jesus". They live together communally as the early Christians lived in Acts 2:44 and put God's Love into action in preaching and PRACTICING the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As foretold in the Bible that "all that live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" this is what happened to them especially in the past, too, because there are folks that don't like unorthodox Christian groups that mean business and are not part of the big traditional and often corrupt Church System. I CAN HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FANTASTIC BOOK!

Not What I was Hoping!.......2002-09-01

Bainbridge's book is divided in two parts. The larger part is a boring and rather meaningless comparisson of all kinds of superficial common points that could possibly be found between members of the cult and the US population. The shorter and more interesting section deals in part with the history of the "persecution" of the Family in Argentina. Clair Borrowick, high profile PR person in the United States who was imprisoned in Argentina for about 100 days is presented as somewhat of a missionary hero. I have read carefully what Bainbridge writes about the issue of sexual child abuse in the group and I coudn't find any clear evidence that he believes that such a problem existed. I had hoped that this last book by Bainbridge might had been a move in the same direction towards honesty and openness about their past. Respectfully, Dr. Samuel Ajemian

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