California Jesus: A (Slightly) Irreverent Guide to the Golden State's Christian Sects, Evangelists and...

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Mike Marinacci Mike Marinacci

California Jesus

A (Slightly) Irreverent Guide to the Golden State's Christian Sects, Evangelists and Latter-Day...

Mike Marinacci, Mike Marinacci

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Ronin Publishing
11 October 2016

Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches; Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects

California, long a Mecca for eccentric cults, has also hosted more than its share of unusual and unorthodox Christian evangelists and sects. From pre-Gold Rush days to the 21st Century, visionaries seeking to revive or transform the Faith have flocked to California's shores, or have emerged from its environs as native sons and daughters. Their often-idiosyncratic crusades have influenced not only Golden State history and culture, but Christianity as a whole. California Jesus tells the little-known yet fascinating stories behind the people and groups that populate Californian Christendom, including:

The Children of God - Born on the Huntington Beach boardwalk, this ""Jesus People"" hippie-ministry turned to prostituting its members and molesting its children in the name of Christ

Bebe and C. Thomas Patten - married evangelists, these Oakland-based Pentecostal preachers scammed penniless Okie immigrants and major banks alike for millions

Joe Jeffers - a renegade Baptist minister who started a murderous religious war between his followers and a rival's, made headlines in lurid L.A. sex scandals, and claimed that ""Yahweh"" had stashed several billion dollars for him in the constellation Orion

The Metropolitan Community Church - Gay L.A. evangelist Troy Perry challenges homophobia with a hugely controversial, and much-attacked sect that ministers Christ's love to sexual ""outsiders""

Church of the Holy Family - film-star Mel Gibson's schismatic, secretive Malibu parish, which claims to be literally more Catholic than the Pope

Holy Mountain - a huge, bizarre, ever-growing folk-art monument in the Imperial Valley desert built by an aging drifter to glorify God's love, that's now become an international tourist destination

And many, many more! Filled with captivating anecdotes about the state's most colorful and controversial Christian pastors and sects, and accompanied by many rare photos and illustrations, California Jesus illuminates this absorbing yet little-discussed aspect of both state history and culture, and the Christian experience. Believers and doubters alike, as well as anyone interested in the Golden State's unique spiritual heritage, will find this work hard to put down.

By: Mike Marinacci, Mike Marinacci
Imprint: Ronin Publishing
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781579512309
ISBN 10: 1579512305
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 11 October 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Marinacci is a scholar of religious history, spending over 25 years studying American spiritual groups and leaders, especially the unorthodox sects and figures who have emerged in the Golden State.