Bloom, Leslie R. 1998. Under the sign of hope: Feminist
methodology and narrative interpretation. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press.
Browning, Don. S., Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J., Couture, Pamela
D., Brynolf, Lyon, K., and Franklin, Robert M. 2000. From culture
wars to common ground: Religion and the American family debate,
2nd edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Bruner, Jerome. 1995. The autobiographical process, Current
Sociology, 43, 161–177.
Craib, Ian. 2004. Narratives as bad faith. In Molly Andrews,
Shelley Day Sclater, Connie Squire, &Amal Treacher (Eds.), The
uses of narrative: Explorations in sociology, psychology, and
cultural studies (pp. 64–74). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers.
D’Antonio, William V. 1983. Family life, religion, and societal
values and structures. In W. V. D’Antonio &J. Aldous (Eds.),
Families and religions: Conflict and change in modern society (pp.
81–108). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
D’Antonio, William V., &Aldous, Joan. 1983. Families and
religions: Conflict and change in modern society. Beverly Hills,
CA: Sage.
Daly, Kerry. 2003. Family theory versus the theories families live
by, Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 771–784.
Day Sclater, Shelley. 2003. What is the subject?, Narrative
Inquiry, 13(2), 317–330.
Denzin, Norman K. 1981. The interactionist study of social
organization. In Daniel Bertaux (Ed.), Biography and society: The
life history approach in the social sciences (pp. 149–168). Beverly
Hills, CA: Sage.
Eakin, Paul John. 1999. How our lives become stories. London,
England: Cornell University Press.
Freeman, Mark. 2004. When the story’s over: Narrative
foreclosure and the possibility of self-renewal. In Molly Andrews,
Shelley Day Sclater, Connie Squire, &Amal Treacher (Eds.), The
uses of narrative: Explorations in sociology, psychology, and
cultural studies (pp. 81–91). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers.
Greven, Philip. 1992. Spare the child: The Religious roots of
punishment and the psychological impact of physical abuse. New
York, NY: Vintage Books (a division of Random House).
Hall, John R. 2009 (orig. 1987). Gone from the promised land:
Jonestown in American cultural history. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishers.
Hankiss, Anges. 1981. Ontologies of the self: On the mythological
rearranging of one’s life history.” In Daniel Bertaux (Ed.),
Biography and society: The life history approach in the social
sciences (pp. 203–210). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Kent, Stephen, &Samaha, Ashley. 2014 (forthcoming).
Deconversion. In Kocku von Stuckrad &Robert Segal (Eds.),
Vocabulary for the study of religion. Leiden, South Holland: Brill.
Lalich, Janja. 2004. Bounded choice: True believers and
charismatic cults. Los Angeles, CA: University of California
Press.
Marcus, Laura. 1995. Autobiography and the politics of identity,
Current Sociology, 43, 41–52.
Maynes, Mary Jo, Pierce, Jennifer L., &Laslett, Barbara. 2008.
Telling stories: The use of personal narratives in the social
sciences and history. London, England: Cornell University Press.
Nye, Robert. 2013 (3 Nov). Warren Jeffs still runs notorious
Arizona polygamist town from jail according to new lawsuit which
details disturbing surveillance of residents by church security. Mail
Online. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
2486866/Warren-Jeffs-runs-notorious-Arizona-polygamist-town-
jail-according-new-lawsuit-details-disturbing-surveillance-
residents-church-security.html
Plummer, Ken. 1983. Documents of life: An introduction to the
problems and literature of a humanistic method. Contemporary
social research series 7. Boston, MA: George Allen &Unwin.
Plummer, Ken. 1995. Telling sexual stories: Power, change and
social worlds. New York, NY: Routledge.
Roberts, Brian. 2002. Biographical research. Philadelphia, PA:
Open University Press.
Smith, Sidonie. 1998 (orig. 1993). Autobiographical manifestos. In
Sidonie Smith &Julia Watson (Eds.), Women, autobiography,
theory: A reader (pp. 433–440). Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin Press.
Smith, Sidonie, &Watson, Julia. 2010. Reading autobiography: A
guide for interpreting life narratives (2nd Ed.). Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.
Vangelisti, A., Crumley, L., &Baker, J. 1999. Family portraits:
Stories as standards for family relationships, Journal of Personal
and Social Relationships, 16, 335–368.
Wilcox, W. Bradford. 2004. Soft patriarchs, new men: How
Christianity shapes fathers and husbands. Chicago, IL: University
of Chicago Press.
Memoirs Cited
Beck, Martha. 2011 (orig. 1999). Expecting Adam: A true story of
birth, rebirth, and everyday magic. New York, NY: The Rivers
Press.
Beck, Martha. 2005. Leaving the saints: How I lost the Mormons
and found my faith. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.
Janzen, Rhoda. 2010. Mennonite in a little black dress (a memoir
of going home). New York, NY: Henry Holt.
Jeffs, Brent (with Maia Szalavitz). 2009. Lost boy: The true story
of one man's exile from a polygamist cult and his brave journey to
reclaim his life. New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Jessop, Carolyn (with Laura Palmer). 2008 (orig. 2007). Escape.
New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Jessop, Flora (with Paul T. Brown). 2009. Church of lies. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Mackert, Brian (with Susan Martins Miller). 2008. Illegitimate:
How a loving god rescued a son of polygamy. Colorado Springs,
CO: David C. Cook Publishing.
Prophet, Erin. 2009. Prophet’s daughter: My life with Elizabeth
Clare Prophet inside the Church Universal and Triumphant.
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.
Rix, Jallen. 2010. Ex-gay no way: Survival and recovery from
religious abuse. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press.
Scheeres, Julia. 2005. Jesus land: A memoir. Berkeley, CA:
Counterpoint.
Wall, Elissa (with Lisa Pulitzer). 2009 (orig. 2008). Stolen
innocence. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
32 International Journal of Cultic Studies ■ Vol. 6, 2015
methodology and narrative interpretation. Albany, NY: State
University of New York Press.
Browning, Don. S., Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J., Couture, Pamela
D., Brynolf, Lyon, K., and Franklin, Robert M. 2000. From culture
wars to common ground: Religion and the American family debate,
2nd edition. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Bruner, Jerome. 1995. The autobiographical process, Current
Sociology, 43, 161–177.
Craib, Ian. 2004. Narratives as bad faith. In Molly Andrews,
Shelley Day Sclater, Connie Squire, &Amal Treacher (Eds.), The
uses of narrative: Explorations in sociology, psychology, and
cultural studies (pp. 64–74). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers.
D’Antonio, William V. 1983. Family life, religion, and societal
values and structures. In W. V. D’Antonio &J. Aldous (Eds.),
Families and religions: Conflict and change in modern society (pp.
81–108). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
D’Antonio, William V., &Aldous, Joan. 1983. Families and
religions: Conflict and change in modern society. Beverly Hills,
CA: Sage.
Daly, Kerry. 2003. Family theory versus the theories families live
by, Journal of Marriage and Family, 65, 771–784.
Day Sclater, Shelley. 2003. What is the subject?, Narrative
Inquiry, 13(2), 317–330.
Denzin, Norman K. 1981. The interactionist study of social
organization. In Daniel Bertaux (Ed.), Biography and society: The
life history approach in the social sciences (pp. 149–168). Beverly
Hills, CA: Sage.
Eakin, Paul John. 1999. How our lives become stories. London,
England: Cornell University Press.
Freeman, Mark. 2004. When the story’s over: Narrative
foreclosure and the possibility of self-renewal. In Molly Andrews,
Shelley Day Sclater, Connie Squire, &Amal Treacher (Eds.), The
uses of narrative: Explorations in sociology, psychology, and
cultural studies (pp. 81–91). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers.
Greven, Philip. 1992. Spare the child: The Religious roots of
punishment and the psychological impact of physical abuse. New
York, NY: Vintage Books (a division of Random House).
Hall, John R. 2009 (orig. 1987). Gone from the promised land:
Jonestown in American cultural history. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishers.
Hankiss, Anges. 1981. Ontologies of the self: On the mythological
rearranging of one’s life history.” In Daniel Bertaux (Ed.),
Biography and society: The life history approach in the social
sciences (pp. 203–210). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Kent, Stephen, &Samaha, Ashley. 2014 (forthcoming).
Deconversion. In Kocku von Stuckrad &Robert Segal (Eds.),
Vocabulary for the study of religion. Leiden, South Holland: Brill.
Lalich, Janja. 2004. Bounded choice: True believers and
charismatic cults. Los Angeles, CA: University of California
Press.
Marcus, Laura. 1995. Autobiography and the politics of identity,
Current Sociology, 43, 41–52.
Maynes, Mary Jo, Pierce, Jennifer L., &Laslett, Barbara. 2008.
Telling stories: The use of personal narratives in the social
sciences and history. London, England: Cornell University Press.
Nye, Robert. 2013 (3 Nov). Warren Jeffs still runs notorious
Arizona polygamist town from jail according to new lawsuit which
details disturbing surveillance of residents by church security. Mail
Online. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-
2486866/Warren-Jeffs-runs-notorious-Arizona-polygamist-town-
jail-according-new-lawsuit-details-disturbing-surveillance-
residents-church-security.html
Plummer, Ken. 1983. Documents of life: An introduction to the
problems and literature of a humanistic method. Contemporary
social research series 7. Boston, MA: George Allen &Unwin.
Plummer, Ken. 1995. Telling sexual stories: Power, change and
social worlds. New York, NY: Routledge.
Roberts, Brian. 2002. Biographical research. Philadelphia, PA:
Open University Press.
Smith, Sidonie. 1998 (orig. 1993). Autobiographical manifestos. In
Sidonie Smith &Julia Watson (Eds.), Women, autobiography,
theory: A reader (pp. 433–440). Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin Press.
Smith, Sidonie, &Watson, Julia. 2010. Reading autobiography: A
guide for interpreting life narratives (2nd Ed.). Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.
Vangelisti, A., Crumley, L., &Baker, J. 1999. Family portraits:
Stories as standards for family relationships, Journal of Personal
and Social Relationships, 16, 335–368.
Wilcox, W. Bradford. 2004. Soft patriarchs, new men: How
Christianity shapes fathers and husbands. Chicago, IL: University
of Chicago Press.
Memoirs Cited
Beck, Martha. 2011 (orig. 1999). Expecting Adam: A true story of
birth, rebirth, and everyday magic. New York, NY: The Rivers
Press.
Beck, Martha. 2005. Leaving the saints: How I lost the Mormons
and found my faith. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.
Janzen, Rhoda. 2010. Mennonite in a little black dress (a memoir
of going home). New York, NY: Henry Holt.
Jeffs, Brent (with Maia Szalavitz). 2009. Lost boy: The true story
of one man's exile from a polygamist cult and his brave journey to
reclaim his life. New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Jessop, Carolyn (with Laura Palmer). 2008 (orig. 2007). Escape.
New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Jessop, Flora (with Paul T. Brown). 2009. Church of lies. San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Mackert, Brian (with Susan Martins Miller). 2008. Illegitimate:
How a loving god rescued a son of polygamy. Colorado Springs,
CO: David C. Cook Publishing.
Prophet, Erin. 2009. Prophet’s daughter: My life with Elizabeth
Clare Prophet inside the Church Universal and Triumphant.
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press.
Rix, Jallen. 2010. Ex-gay no way: Survival and recovery from
religious abuse. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press.
Scheeres, Julia. 2005. Jesus land: A memoir. Berkeley, CA:
Counterpoint.
Wall, Elissa (with Lisa Pulitzer). 2009 (orig. 2008). Stolen
innocence. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
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