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God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrea Moore-emmett
Publisher: Pince-Nez Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 55160
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 1930074131
Dewey Decimal Number: 289
EAN: 9781930074132
ASIN: 1930074131
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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Product Description
A chilling indictment of contemporary Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamy, God's Brothel reveals gruesome facts about Bible-based polygamy through the brave voices of 18 women who escaped from 10 of the 11 main religious groups as well as independent families. Their stories include rape, incest, orgies, and violence, making this form of polygamy more akin to sexual slavery than to any quaint religious or lifestyle choice.
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 GREAT TRANSACTION! August 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book arrived in only a few days and was in good condition.
Would do business with this seller again!
Great Overview July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read many books on the problem of polygomy this was a great overview of all the different groups practicing this lifestyle and stories of women who had escaped from this way of life.
 Interesting subject but poorly written July 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was hard to follow because the author is not a good writer. It's too bad because this subject fascinates me and I have read quite a lot about it. I don't recommend this book.
 Good Insight, Not A Lot of Detail July 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It was a good introduction to a lot of different polygamist sects but I craved more detail for each situation.
God's Brothel, by Andrea Moore-Emmet. May 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18
This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in learning more about the psychological dynamics employed by Fundamentalist, FLDS sect leaders to control the lives of the women they "spiritually" marry. All who wonder about these sects of FLDS clans should read this book. The book reveals the extant of control and mental abuse that is a basic tenet in the mental control of multiple wives and their many children. The men make the wives live in poverty and on welfare and foods stamps as the male leaders absolutely control ownership of all property and the considerable wealth of these communes. The men refer to this practice of getting federal aid as "bleeding the beast", or seditiously attempting to bankrupt the Government of the United States.
Male children become undesirables as they approach adolescence because there are just so many 13 year old "virgins" to go around as teen brides for the elders of these clans. Teenage boys either become homeless ("lost boys") without education or trade except carpentry skills. In many cases, these boys are excommunicated for trivial transgressions like talking to girls or watching television. Within some sects (i.e. the LeBaron clan) teen boys are taken into the desert, shot and buried. Ervil LeBaron even murdered his own daughter, Becky in "Blood Atonement" for questioning his authority.
Women and children are chattel (property), to be dispensed to favored elders as rewards for their fealty to their leader. In many cases, spiritual wives and children are taken from one husband and given to other, more favored male elder. There is no paperwork trail except "Temple Sealing" documents as proof for these exchanges. No marriage license is required. This book discusses the Morman "Doctrine and Covenants-132", written by Joseph Smith in which he (in his unique method of convoluted reasoning) justifies the "taking of virgins" as being justified by the Heavenly Father. However, all LDS church members support these Doctrine and Covenants in the belief that they become polygamists after death to create "spirit babies" which are then transported by Morman families to earth.
The book details the story of (18) women who came from several of the (11) active sects of FLDS, "families". The women in this book were offered shelter in organization called the Tapestry of Polygamy for support and counseling which prepares they and their children for entry into an outside society which is totally foreign to their experience, training and belief systems. Many of these women have to be relocated out of state, and be given new names as protection against being found and severely punished by the "Prophet" for leaving their sect.
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