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American Cult: A Graphic History of Religious Cults in America from the Colonial Era to Today (2021)

door Robyn Chapman

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A graphic history of religious cults in American from the colonial era to today. From its earliest days, America has been home to spiritual seekers. In 1694, the religious tolerance of the Pennsylvania Colony enticed a Transylvanian monk and his forty followers to cross the Atlantic. Almost two hundred years later, a charismatic preacher founded a utopian community in Oneida, New York, that practiced socialism and free love. In the 1960s and '70s, a new generation of seekers gathered in vegetarian restaurants in Los Angeles, Satanic coffee shops in New Orleans, and fortified communes in Philadelphia. And in the twenty-first century, gurus use self-help seminars and get-rich-quick schemes to evangelize to their flocks. Across the decades, Americans in search of divine truths have turned to unconventional prophets for the answers. Some of these prophets have demanded their faith, fortunes, and even their very lives. In American Cult, over twenty cartoonists explore the history of these groups with clarity and empathy-looking beyond the scandalous headlines to find the human stories within. Featuring the talents of Lara Antal, Brian "Box" Brown, Ryan Carey, Rosa Colón Guerra, Mike Dawson, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg, Mike Freiheit, Emi Gennis, Andrew Greenstone, Janet Harvey, Josh Kramer, Jesse Lambert, Ellen Lindner, Lonnie Mann, Ben Passmore, Jim Rugg, Robert Sergel, Vreni Stollberger, Steve Teare, and J.T. Yos… (meer)
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I am obsessed with books about cults. This one was an interesting one that I really liked. It had some of the cults most people are familiar with, but, then there were also several cults I had never heard of. It's fascinating to see how easily people can be brainwashed, especially in cults that are way out there with their beliefs. I liked reading it in graphic form, it added to the story of each cult. If you like reading about cults too, then this one is for you. ( )
  tami317 | Aug 23, 2023 |
History of cults in America. I love studying cults and this is a fun read. I just came out with the full color, comedic graphic novel called Cult Girls, based on a true story. I LOVE GRAPHIC NOVELS. Good job on this one guys. ( )
  NatalieGrand | Jul 12, 2022 |
A fascinating glimpse at the destructive power of cults, of which America has had many, starting herein in the 1690s. Most of them of are more recent vintage though, with the short profiles of this historical anthology focusing mostly on the 1950s through 1990s. A couple of the 21 contributors are actually cult survivors.

There's plenty of schadenfreude appeal, but I do wonder about how strict the history is. No sources are offered. And in one chapter, the founder of Synanon is referred to as Charles "Chuck" Diedrich while most credible sources I see online say his name is actually Dederich. I haven't fact-checked anything else. Orthodox Judaism is surprisingly included, but notably absent is the controversial and litigious organization founded by L. Ron whatsisname.

Anyhow, this is a terrific overview that should serve as a springboard to further research and reading. ( )
1 stem villemezbrown | Oct 12, 2021 |
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Contents:

Introduction / Robyn Chapman
The Monk in the Cave / Steve Teare
Inside Oneida / Emi Gennis
Fruitlands: The Little Cult That Couldn't / Ellen Linder
Children of God! / Rosa Colón Guerra
Death Valley '69 / Janet Harvey and Jim Rugg
Source Family Values / Andrew Greenstone
Mindbending : A Story about the Process Church of the Final Judgement / Lara Antal
Cults Reoriented / Josh Kramer and Mike Dawson
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: A Jonestown History / Ryan Carey and Mike Freiheit
Playing the Game / Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg
MOVE / Ben Passmore
That's Not What We're Called / Jesse Lambert
The Last Days of Mount Carmel / Vreni Stollberger
God Hates Me: A True Tale of the Westboro Baptist Church / J.T. Yost
Making Sense of Heaven's Gate / Robyn Chapman
Keep Sweet: On Warren Jeffs and His Mormon Fundamentalist Splinter Group / Robert Sergel
Orthodox Judaism Is a Cult / Lonnie Mann
Call Me Vanguard / Brian "Box" Brown
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A graphic history of religious cults in American from the colonial era to today. From its earliest days, America has been home to spiritual seekers. In 1694, the religious tolerance of the Pennsylvania Colony enticed a Transylvanian monk and his forty followers to cross the Atlantic. Almost two hundred years later, a charismatic preacher founded a utopian community in Oneida, New York, that practiced socialism and free love. In the 1960s and '70s, a new generation of seekers gathered in vegetarian restaurants in Los Angeles, Satanic coffee shops in New Orleans, and fortified communes in Philadelphia. And in the twenty-first century, gurus use self-help seminars and get-rich-quick schemes to evangelize to their flocks. Across the decades, Americans in search of divine truths have turned to unconventional prophets for the answers. Some of these prophets have demanded their faith, fortunes, and even their very lives. In American Cult, over twenty cartoonists explore the history of these groups with clarity and empathy-looking beyond the scandalous headlines to find the human stories within. Featuring the talents of Lara Antal, Brian "Box" Brown, Ryan Carey, Rosa Colón Guerra, Mike Dawson, Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg, Mike Freiheit, Emi Gennis, Andrew Greenstone, Janet Harvey, Josh Kramer, Jesse Lambert, Ellen Lindner, Lonnie Mann, Ben Passmore, Jim Rugg, Robert Sergel, Vreni Stollberger, Steve Teare, and J.T. Yos

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