ISSN: 2710-4028 DOI: https://doi.org/10.54208/0008 125
Duin, Julia. “Pentecostalism from soup to nuts: A
(near) complete history of this movement in
America.” Get Religion [blog],
February 2, 2023.
Enroth, Ronald. Churches That Abuse: Help for
Those Hurt by Legalism, Authoriarian
Leadership, Manipulation, Excessive
Discipline, and Spiritual Intimidation. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992.
Faour, Christine. Behind the Dress: One Woman’s
Life In A Religious Cult And The Healing
That Came Later. Legal Deposit Library and
Archives Canada, June 3, 2022
Joyce, Kathryn. Quiverfull: Inside the Christian
Patriarchy Movement. Boston: Beacon Press,
2009.
Kaplan, Jonathan. “Why Is a Love Poem Full of Sex
in the Bible? Readers Have Been Struggling
with the Song of Songs for 2,000 Years.” The
Conversation, February 10, 2023. https://
theconversation.com/why-is-a-love-poem-full-
of-sex-in-the-bible-readers-have-been-
struggling-with-the-song-of-songs-for-2-000-
years-198375.
“Institute in Basic Life Principles.” Wikipedia. Last
modified January 13, 2025. https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_in_Basic_
Life_Principles.
Lanchimba, Cintya, Juan Pablo Díaz-Sanchez, and
Franklin Velasco. “Exploring factors
influencing domestic violence: A
comprehensive study on intrafamiliy
dynamics.” Frontiers In Psychiatry, vol 14.
Lewis, James R. and Gordon Melton. Sex, Slander,
and Salvation: Investigating The Family/
Children of God. Stanford: Center for
Academic Publication, 1994.
Matter, Ann E. The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of
Songs in Western Medieval Christianity.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 1990. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.
ctt3fhv3r.10.
Pavlicek, Erin. “Unveiling the Bridal Paradigm and
the Song of Solomon Theology.” The
Wordsmith Blog, last modified December 3,
2019. https://www.thewordsmithblog.com/
unveiling-the-bridal-paradigm-and-the-song-
of-solomon-theology/
Penn, James. “No Regrets.” XFamily.org. Accessed
January 14, 2025. https://www.xfamily.org/
index.php/No_Regrets
Podles, Leon J. The Church Impotent: The
Feminization of Christianity. Dallas: Spence
Publishing, 1999.
Susan Raine, “Flirty Fishing in the Children of God:
The Sexual Body as a Site of Proselytization
and Salvation,” Marburg Journal of Religion
12 (1) 2007, pp.6-10.
Raine, Susan and Stephen A. Kent. “The Grooming of
Children for Sexual Abuse in Religious Settings:
Unique Characteristics and Select Case Studies.”
Aggression and Violent Behavior 48
(September–October 2019): 186-187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.017.
Shepherd, Gordon and Gary Shepherd. Talking With
the Children of God: Prophecy and
Transformation in a Radical Religious Group.
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Shipps, Krystal. “Leaving A High Demand, High
Control Religion: What Is a Therapist’s
Role?” Psychotherapy Networker Magazine,
January/February 2023.
https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/
article/leaving-high-demand-high-control-
religion.
Singer, Margaret Thaler and Janja Lalich. Cults in Our
Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday
Lives, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. First
published in 1995.
Singer, Margaret Thaler. “Therapy with Ex-Cult
Members.” Journal of Private Psychiatric
Hospitals 94, no. 4, 14–18.
Duin, Julia. “Pentecostalism from soup to nuts: A
(near) complete history of this movement in
America.” Get Religion [blog],
February 2, 2023.
Enroth, Ronald. Churches That Abuse: Help for
Those Hurt by Legalism, Authoriarian
Leadership, Manipulation, Excessive
Discipline, and Spiritual Intimidation. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992.
Faour, Christine. Behind the Dress: One Woman’s
Life In A Religious Cult And The Healing
That Came Later. Legal Deposit Library and
Archives Canada, June 3, 2022
Joyce, Kathryn. Quiverfull: Inside the Christian
Patriarchy Movement. Boston: Beacon Press,
2009.
Kaplan, Jonathan. “Why Is a Love Poem Full of Sex
in the Bible? Readers Have Been Struggling
with the Song of Songs for 2,000 Years.” The
Conversation, February 10, 2023. https://
theconversation.com/why-is-a-love-poem-full-
of-sex-in-the-bible-readers-have-been-
struggling-with-the-song-of-songs-for-2-000-
years-198375.
“Institute in Basic Life Principles.” Wikipedia. Last
modified January 13, 2025. https://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_in_Basic_
Life_Principles.
Lanchimba, Cintya, Juan Pablo Díaz-Sanchez, and
Franklin Velasco. “Exploring factors
influencing domestic violence: A
comprehensive study on intrafamiliy
dynamics.” Frontiers In Psychiatry, vol 14.
Lewis, James R. and Gordon Melton. Sex, Slander,
and Salvation: Investigating The Family/
Children of God. Stanford: Center for
Academic Publication, 1994.
Matter, Ann E. The Voice of My Beloved: The Song of
Songs in Western Medieval Christianity.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Press, 1990. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.
ctt3fhv3r.10.
Pavlicek, Erin. “Unveiling the Bridal Paradigm and
the Song of Solomon Theology.” The
Wordsmith Blog, last modified December 3,
2019. https://www.thewordsmithblog.com/
unveiling-the-bridal-paradigm-and-the-song-
of-solomon-theology/
Penn, James. “No Regrets.” XFamily.org. Accessed
January 14, 2025. https://www.xfamily.org/
index.php/No_Regrets
Podles, Leon J. The Church Impotent: The
Feminization of Christianity. Dallas: Spence
Publishing, 1999.
Susan Raine, “Flirty Fishing in the Children of God:
The Sexual Body as a Site of Proselytization
and Salvation,” Marburg Journal of Religion
12 (1) 2007, pp.6-10.
Raine, Susan and Stephen A. Kent. “The Grooming of
Children for Sexual Abuse in Religious Settings:
Unique Characteristics and Select Case Studies.”
Aggression and Violent Behavior 48
(September–October 2019): 186-187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2019.08.017.
Shepherd, Gordon and Gary Shepherd. Talking With
the Children of God: Prophecy and
Transformation in a Radical Religious Group.
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
Shipps, Krystal. “Leaving A High Demand, High
Control Religion: What Is a Therapist’s
Role?” Psychotherapy Networker Magazine,
January/February 2023.
https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/
article/leaving-high-demand-high-control-
religion.
Singer, Margaret Thaler and Janja Lalich. Cults in Our
Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday
Lives, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. First
published in 1995.
Singer, Margaret Thaler. “Therapy with Ex-Cult
Members.” Journal of Private Psychiatric
Hospitals 94, no. 4, 14–18.
