03302cam a22004098i 4500 26983 26983 20698305 MeVbMML 20191217153501.0 180916s2019 tnu b s001 0deng c 2018043529 9781621905080 (hardcover) LBSOR/DLC eng LBSOR rda DLC pcc n-us--- BX7062.A4 C33 2019 289.9/40973 23 Cady, David, author. 4220 Religion of fear : the true story of the Church of God of the Union Assembly / David Cady. First edition. 1111 Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2019] pages cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the beginning of the end -- Prologue: the devil in chains -- In the beginning -- Creation -- Camp of the saints -- Bringing in the sheaves -- Love thy neighbor -- Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife -- An attitude change -- Thou shall not bear false witness -- Thou shall not commit adultery -- Honor thy father and thy mother -- Building fear -- The boss -- The root of all evil -- The wages of sin is death -- A prudent wife -- A new level of hell -- Dying in the faith -- And ye shall know the truth -- And the truth shall make you free. "Based on extensive interviews with mostly former cult members, this book chronicles the history of the Church of God of Union Assembly from its beginning around World War I up to recent times. Founded by a charismatic, unlettered leader, C. T. Pratt, who forcefully broke away from the Holiness COG organization, the church eventually found its home base in Dalton, Georgia. It grew steadily at first and then more rapidly as the great Depression ravaged workers in the mostly rural area of north Georgia. The group set up communal living practices and spread branches of the church across the country, recruiting among the most displaced with a message of social uplift and anti-capitalism, even as its religious practices became increasingly authoritarian and exploitative. If C. T. Pratt exhibited some characteristics of a violent cult leader, his son, who took over the church as his father suffered from ill-health, took these tendencies to a new level that eventually caught the attention of secular authorities. His son, in turn, was even worse--and placed the church on the path to financial ruin. Amazingly, the church survived its three authoritarian leaders and still exists"-- Provided by publisher. Pratt, Charles Thomas, 1879-1966. 4221 Pratt, Jesse Franklin, 1946-2005. 4222 Church of God of Union Assembly History. 4223 Holiness churches United States. 4224 Online version: Cady, David, author. Religion of fear First edition. Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2019] 9781621905097 (DLC) 2018053078 0 vip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2019-12-17 34.95 2 3 289.9 CADY 49369 2025-12-03 2024-11-14 2024-11-14 2019-12-17 BOOK