Christopher Edwards (born 1954) is an American author. He wrote ''Crazy for God: The Nightmare of Cult Life'', a
memoir
A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autob ...
of his seven-month experience as a member of the
Unification Church of the United States
The Unification Church of the United States is the branch of the Unification Church in the United States. It began in the late 1950s and early 1960s when missionaries from South Korea were sent to America by the international Unification Church' ...
, in 1976. In an interview while promoting his book, he said he travelled with a bodyguard and was afraid for his life.
Edwards graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
with majors in psychology and philosophy.
CRAZY FOR GOD: The Nightmare of Cult Life by Christopher Edwards
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See also
* Crazy for God
Foolishness for Christ (; ) refers to behavior such as giving up all one's worldly possessions upon joining an ascetic order or religious life, or deliberately flouting society's conventions to serve a religious purpose—particularly of Christia ...
Footnotes
American male non-fiction writers
1954 births
Yale College alumni
Living people
American memoirists
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