Most of us have at least a basic understanding of religion and may call ourselves Christians, perhaps even attending Church. Many will regard the values taught by Christian Churches as being of benefit to all, especially the youth in our community. What happens though when a religion goes wrong and becomes a destructive cult? How much damage can it do to believers? How are the lives of innocent people wrecked? Why do people become entrapped by cults in the first place? What nightmarish things sometimes go on behind the closed doors of a religious cult? Would you even recognize a cult if you found one? All these vitally important questions are answered in From Fear to Freedom and many typical characteristics of destructive religious cults are explained in clear yet simple detail. If you are trying to put your life back together after getting out of a cult, then this self-help book for religious cult survivors can help - how? Because it's written by a cult survivor who spent 31 years in Herbert Armstrong's powerful, destructive and so called Christian cult, The Worldwide Church of God. This easy to read title will also help if you are assisting a friend or family member to put a wrecked life back together after they have left a cult. It points the way forward for cult survivors and leaves the reader with a strong belief in hope, recovery and above all, freedom.

In this book you will find the basic foundations of the religions in the world.You will take a journey into Christianity religion like never before. The reader will also learn the basics of the worlds top 5 religions in the world like they have never seen. The secrets unveiled in all of the religions are at your fingertips. The reader will gain a good foundation of what is going on in our world and time. He or She will learn of how the gods gained their name and where the origin of each religion started. (www.Amazon.Com)

Cultist groups have permeated society ever since people could chat and share ideas en masse, although modern cult experts today often clash about what, exactly, makes a group of people a cult. What's a loony or eccentric organization to one expert is often seen by others as a religion or sect, which are terms loaded with less cultural stigma. Whatever the best working definition might be, here we present four of popular culture's craziest cults of our time. One thing that baffles society is the fact that so many people choose to follow a single man and look to him as a messiah. Cult members usually refer to their leader as the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and obey his every command. Some cults focus on doing good for society and the world in general yet others choose a more sinister path of murder and mayhem. And the ultimate cult following consists of mass suicides. Whatever the reasoning of these followers or the mindset of their leaders, one thing is definite. When deadly faith is your guide and destruction is your gospel, your own soul is your ultimate sacrifice.

In the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious tradition - more commonly known in the United States as Santeria - entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novices - called iyawo - endure a host of prohibitions, including most notably wearing exclusively white clothing.A Year in White, sociologist C. Lynn Carr, who underwent this initiation herself, opens a window on this remarkable year-long religious transformation. In her intimate investigation of the ""year in white"", Carr draws on fifty-two in-depth interviews with other participants, an online survey of nearly two hundred others, and almost a decade of her own ethnographic fieldwork, gathering stories that allow us to see how cultural newcomers and natives thought, felt, and acted with regard to their initiation. She documents how, during the iyawo year, the ritual slowly transforms the initiate's identity. For the first three months, for instance, the iyawo may not use a mirror, even to shave, and must eat all meals while seated on a mat on the floor using only a spoon and their own set of dishes. During the entire year, the iyawo loses their name and is simply addressed as ""iyawo"" by family and friends. Carr also shows that this year-long religious ritual - which is carried out even as the iyawo goes about daily life - offers new insight into religion in general, suggesting that the sacred is not separable from the profane and indeed that religion shares an ongoing dynamic relationship with the realities of everyday life. Religious expression happens at home, on the streets, at work and school. Offering insight not only into Santeria but also into religion more generally, A Year in White makes an important contribution to our understanding of complex, dynamic religious landscapes in multicultural, pluralist societies and how they inhabit our daily lives.