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Book SynopsisAt the height of the religious ferment of the 1970s, David Van Zandt studied firsthand the most vilified of the new radical religious movements--the Children of God, or the Family of Love. First feigning membership and later gaining the permission of the Family, the author lived full-time in COG colonies in England and the Netherlands. From that ex
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. vii*INTRODUCTION: Studying the Children of God, pg. 1*ONE. Ideology and Proselytization, pg. 18*TWO. A Short History of the Children of God, pg. 30*THREE. The Organizational Setting of Everyday Life, pg. 56*FOUR. Social Relations in Everyday Life, pg. 72*FIVE. Litnessing: Street Proselytization as an Access Strategy, pg. 83*SIX. Witnessing: Techniques for Conversion, pg. 98*SEVEN. Reading Religious Literature, pg. 117*EIGHT. Practical Religious Activity: Creating and Maintaining the Children of God Reality, pg. 133*NINE. Socialization and Role Negotiation, pg. 149*POSTSCRIPT: January 1991, pg. 166*APPENDIX A: The Life History of the Research and Ethical Considerations, pg. 173*APPENDIX B: Sample Mo Letters, pg. 197*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 213*INDEX, pg. 225
