Undertow (eBook)

My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International

Charlene L Edge (Autor)

Ruth Mullen (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
472 Seiten
New Wings Press, LLC (Verlag)
978-0-9978747-1-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International is Charlene Edge's riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when recruiters drew her into The Way International, a sect led by the charismatic Victor Paul Wierwille. The Way became one of the largest cults in America. Charlene gave it seventeen years of her life. Believing that God led her to Wierwille, she underwent his intensive two-year training program, The Way Corps, designed to produce loyal leaders. When Wierwille warned of a possible government attack, she prepared to live off the grid. She ignored warning signs of Wierwille's paranoia and abusehe condemned dissenters as the Devil's agents, he required followers to watch pornography, he manipulated Corps into keeping his secrets in a ';lock box,' he denied the Holocaust, and he surrounded himself with bodyguards. She married a Corps graduate and they served across the United States as Way leaders, funneling money into Wierwille's bursting coffers and shunning anyone who criticized him. As obedient Way Corps, they raised their child to believe the doctrines of Wierwille, the cult's designated ';father in the Word.' Eventually Charlene was promoted to the inner circle of biblical researchers, where she discovered devastating secrets: Wierwille twisted texts of Scripture to serve his personal agenda, shamelessly plagiarized the work of others, and misrepresented the purpose of his organization. Worst of all, after Wierwille died in 1985, shocking reports surfaced of his secret sex ring. Amid chaos at The Way's Ohio-based headquarters, Charlene knew she had to escapefor her own survival and her child's. Reading like a novel, Undertow is not only a brilliant cautionary tale about misplaced faith but also an expose of the hazards of fundamentalism and the destructive nature of cults. Through her personal story, Charlene Edge shows how a vulnerable person can be seduced into following an authoritarian leader and how difficult it can be to find a way out.

Inhalt

Praise for Undertow Preface by Charlene L. Edge 1: Hiding in Plain Sight PART1:RECRUITMENT 2: The Midwife 3: Brought In 4: Enticed 5: The Way for Me 6: Warnings PART 2: REVOLUTION 7: Snow Story 8: Revelation of My Own 9: In My Father's House PART 3: ADDICTION 10: The Class 11: No Defense 12: It Is Written 13: Mantras and Marriage 14: Blindsided in Toledo 15: Addicted to the Ministry 16: On the Beach 17: Summer School PART 4: LEADERSHIP TRAINING 18: Becoming Corps 19: Literal Translations 20: Nothing Is Perfect 21: The Marriage Deal 22: Those Doctor Moods 23: Family Disconnections 24: Me, Lazy? 25: The Aramaic Dream 26: Do or Die for Doctor 27: Missing Rose 28: Going Forth PART 5: ON THE FIELD 29: California Shocks 30: Climbing the Way Tree 31: A Graceless Fall 32: Boot Camp Again 52: Interlinear Fiasco 53: Spilling Secrets 54: Clampdown 55: Sleeping Beauty 56: Ambiguous Mission 57: Cures and Calamity PART 9: ESCAPE 58: Hanging Threads 59: Exodus Afterword Notes Acknowledgments Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.3.2017
• Mitarbeit: Designer: Duane Stapp
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• Schlagworte: Aramaic concordance • Biblical Research • cautionary tale • Christian ministry • Christopher Geer • Craig Martindale • cultic group • cultic studies • cult manipulation • cult memoir • cult recruitment • Cults • Deception • escape from a cult • Fundamentalism • GreaseSpot Cafe • inerrancy • love for Jesus Christ • Memoir • New Knoxville • Ohio • personal cult story • Peshitta New Testament • religious charlatans • Scripture twisting • seduction into cults • serving god • sex abuse • The Way Corps • The Way International • The Way's research • Victor Paul Wierwille • Walter J. Cummins
• ISBN-10: 0-9978747-1-6 / 0997874716
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9978747-1-6 / 9780997874716