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I fired God, my life inside--and escape from--the secret world of the Independent Fundamental Baptist cult, Jocelyn R. Zichterman with Kathy Passero

eng

Includes bibliographical referepces (pages [279]-293)

autobiography

platesillustrations

no index present

non fiction

I fired God

bibliography

795010478

Jocelyn R. Zichterman with Kathy Passero

my life inside--and escape from--the secret world of the Independent Fundamental Baptist cult

A memoir and investigation into the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones, IFB members are told they must not associate with members of other Baptist denominations and evangelicals, with an emphasis on secrecy, insular marriages within the church, a subservience for women, and unusual child raising practices. With written documentation and sources so thorough that law enforcement has used her work as a foundation for criminal prosecutions, Zichterman exposes the IFB with revelations including: the disturbing world of abuse within the IFB and doctors and teachers who fail to report physical and sexual abuse; the IFB-controlled Bob Jones University, which issues worthless degrees while making vast sums of money for its founders; the way the IFB influences politics on the local, state, and national level, and protects its abusive culture under the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion