God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped
A chilling indictment of contemporary Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamy, God's Brothel reveals gruesome facts about Bible-based polygamy through the brave voices of 18 women who escaped from 10 of the 11 main religious groups as well as independent families. Their stories include rape,...
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A chilling indictment of contemporary Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamy, God's Brothel reveals gruesome facts about Bible-based polygamy through the brave voices of 18 women who escaped from 10 of the 11 main religious groups as well as independent families. Their stories include rape, incest, orgies, and violence, making this form of polygamy more akin to sexual slavery than to any quaint religious or lifestyle choice.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781930074132 (1930074131)
ASIN: 1930074131
Publish date: June 1st 2004
Publisher: Pince-Nez Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Feminism,
Religion,
Sociology,
Crime,
Christianity,
Lds,
True Crime,
Abuse,
Mormonism,
Cults
"God's Brothel" is an insider's view of Bible-based polygamy in the United States, Canada and Mexico. While many of the organizations are fundamentalist LDS offshoots, some of them are not. The 18 women whose stories are told in this book come from 10 of the 11 known polygamist organizations in th...