Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, A Cult Survivor's Memoir - Softcover

Neufeld, Gordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589392760 ISBN 13: 9781589392762

Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Mass weddings. Matching ceremonies where people meet their future spouses for the first time. Desperate flower-sellers approaching bar customers late at night. Isolated farms where young men and women are rapidly transformed into fanatical devotees of the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. All these are well-known aspects of life in the Unification Church, often called the "Moonies". In Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, a Cult Survivor's Memoir, K. Gordon Neufeld recalls his own participation in all of these events in a powerful and engrossing, and occasionally wistful and tender, memoir. Neufeld recounts his own rise in the ranks of the Unification Church to the position of a leader-in-training at the Unification Theological Seminary, a promotion that indirectly led to his growing disillusionment. Yet even when he found himself rejected by the woman Moon had chosen for his bride, and by the church to which he had been unswervingly dedicated, he refused to give up, but carried on until there was absolutely no way to continue. At last, demonstrating great courage, Neufeld broke free from his state of mental transfixion without the aid of deprogrammers. This is an unforgettable story of persistence, devotion, love and loss.

About this title

About the Author

Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Vancouver. He has spent much of his professional life creating coherent theories for understanding child development. He is nationally recognized for his work on aggression and violence among children and youth and appears regularly on radio and television, both in Vancouver and nationally.
Gabor Mate, M.D., is the bestselling author of When the Body Says No and Scattered Minds. His by-line is often seen in the "Globe and Mail," for articles and commentary ranging from health to politics. He has worked in family practice, palliative care and psychotherapy. He is presently staff physician at a clinic in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where his patients are people with drug addictions, HIV and related problems.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589392760
• ISBN 13: 9781589392762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180