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Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
This week on WIITY, Emily and Maddy get serious with a cult story. The Children of God is a cult originating in 1968 and accumulating members along the way with accusations of abuse and much more.
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Buck, Stephanie. “The Hippie Christian Cult That Encouraged Sex with Children Is Still around Today.” Timeline, 17 Jan. 2017, timeline.com/children-of-god-5245a45f6a2a.
Kent, Stephen A., and Deana Hall. “Brainwashing and re-indoctrination programs in the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Journal 17.1 (2000): 56-78.
Smithson, John, director. The Children of God. Great Percy Productions, 1994.
Van Zandt, David E. Living in the Children of God. Princeton University Press, 2014.
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