Resources

Case studies: 

The 5 case studies offered were: 

  • Jim Jones and the People's Temple(Jonestown, ended in mass suicide) 

  • David Koresh and the Branch Davidians(Waco, watched clips)

  • Manson Family( cult led by criminal Charles Manson one of the most infamous crime sprees in history in 1969)

  • Children of God(message of salvation, apocalypticism, spiritual "revolution and happiness", "foretold the coming of a dictator called the antiChrist, the rise of a brutal One World Government, and its eventual overthrow by Jesus Christ, in the Second Coming")

  • FLDS(Mormon fundamentalist group whose members practice polygamy)

Materials: 

My Literature Reveiw:

Case studies analysis worksheet

Slides:  Day 1, Day 2, Day 3

Dr. Bethany Burum’s course syllabus

Book: Cults Coercion and Combat by Steven Hassen