The Children of God: "The Family"

by J. Gordon Melton

The Children of God emerged out of the hippie movement of the 1960s, and through the 1980s they came to blend Christianity with sexual freedom, communal living, and a rejection of materialism and "the system." The Children, or "the Family" as they are now called, modified their behavior in the 1990s in the wake of several child sexual abuse charges (all dismissed) and the need for direction among the rising generation of Family members. They continue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560851805
• ISBN13: 9781560851806
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Signature Books
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.5"