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:
Case studies analysis worksheet
Dr. Bethany Burum’s course syllabus
Book: Cults Coercion and Combat by Steven Hassen