Religious Extremism

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named one of Entertainment Tonight’s Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2023 As seen in The New York Times, People, The Cut, Vulture, The Daily Beast, Today, Bustle, Us Weekly, Life & Style, and Interview “No stone goes unturned” (People) in this memoir by reality...

The instant New York Times bestselling author of the “raw and revealing” (Interview magazine) Bad Mormon, and star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City anddocumentary series Surviving Mormonism, returns with a hilarious and candid national bestseller about life and love as a former...

In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, J. M. Berger offers a nuanced introduction to extremist movements, explaining what extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence. 

"A bewitching political novel of contemporary Cairo that is also an engagé novel about sex, a romantic novel about power and a comic yet sympathetic novel about the vagaries of the human heart. Even the least politically oriented reader will find it engrossing." — New York Times Book Review...

John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907) was a Scottish evangelist and “faith healer” who migrated to the United States from Australia in the late 1800s. Dowie was referred to by critics of his time as a “confidence man”, a person who appealed to the confidence of victims using deception to convince or persuade them out of money or into submission. In the case of Dowie’s Christian Catholic Church cult following, commonly referred to as “Zionites” or “Dowieites”, both money and power were gained.

Gaza. For months, the name has dominated every headline and news broadcast. But what do we truly know about life there, beyond the slogans and reports of war? — The most profound and honest answer isn't in the news; it's in the life story of someone who grew up there. This is the story of Ayman Abu Soobuch, born in 1977 in Khan Yunis, in the very heart of the Gaza Strip. He grew up as the third child of a Muslim family, living near monsters like Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Yahya Ayyash. But a single, transformative moment changed the course of his life. In his gripping story, he ...

*** The book includes versions in three languages: English, Hebrew, and Persian. ״It began in the shelter inside our home, sitting with my children as sirens wailed and explosions echoed - dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles flying toward us, some falling not far away, others intercepted in the sky above. Why do they hate us so much? That question led to an intense journey of investigation and to Double-Edged Sword.״ This book follows the path of a single mortar shell that returned to the land where it was made - carrying within it the untold story of a region shaped by power, faith, and...

Braverman Shaw—"Bravo" to his friends—always knew his father had secrets. But not until Dexter Shaw dies does Bravo discover that his father belonged to the Order of Gnostic Observatines, a hidden sect long believed to be extinct. For centuries, the Order has guarded a lost Testament that...

A finalist for the National Book Award, The Convert by Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker is the eye-opening account of Margaret Marcus’ dramatic conversion from an American secular Jew to a proponent of radical Islam. In 1962, Margaret left New York for Lahore, Pakistan, changed her name, and quickly became one of Islam’s loudest critics of the West.

The second book in the April Dawn series. She was built without a conscience. She developed one anyway. April Dawn arrives at Coastal Technical University with a mission: infiltrate a terrorist recruitment network, gather intelligence, and report back. What she doesn't expect is to actually belong somewhere. To make friends worth protecting. To discover that one of those friends is already trapped in something far darker than anyone realised. When four hundred innocent lives hang in the balance, April must choose between following orders and following her conscience — and discover, once ...

Bloomsbury presents Money, Lies, and God by Katherine Stewart, read by Patricia Rodriguez. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS From the acclaimed author of The Power Worshippers, “an indispensable citizen’s guide to the anti-democratic MAGA...

This gripping audiobook is a strong choice alongside books about high-demand religion, overcoming odds, and finding inner strength in impossible situations."—Booklist (Starred Review) This program is read by the author. “Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there...

The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus) A New York...

In the vein of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy comes a young woman’s memoir chronicling her harrowing journey from despair to salvation that showcases the depths and resilience of the human spirit and empowers readers on their own paths toward healing, forgiveness, and redemption. Carrie...

Jonathan Grisham takes you on an unflinching journey through the oppressive world of the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement. This isn't just a memoir—it's a lifeline. Grisham exposes the emotional manipulation, ideological rigidity, and psychological warfare that define this religious institution. But this book is more than an exposé; it's a toolkit for resistance. Grisham equips you with the intellectual and emotional resources to question, challenge, and liberate yourself from religious extremism. From the stifling homogeneity of the IFB's curriculum to its damning stance ...

Why do we believe in the views of a political party or leader? How can we better understand vaccine hesitancy or denial of climate change science? What drives extremist or conspiracist beliefs? This vital and timely new text provides a compelling survey of the science behind how people form...

God at War explores the dark attraction between religion and warfare. Virtually every religious tradition leaves behind it a bloody trail of stories, legends, and images of war, and most wars call upon the divine for blessings in battle. This book finds the connection between religion and warfare in the alternative realities created in the human imagination in response to crises both personal and social. 

Set in rural Oklahoma, Into Captivity They Will Go tells the story of Caleb Gunter, a boy whose mother has convinced him he is the second coming of Jesus Christ and that together they are destined to lead the chosen into the Kingdom of Heaven. Believing the Seven Seals detailed in Revelation have been opened, he and his mother flee their home to join a tongue-speaking evangelical church and to prepare for the end of the world. But after tragedy ensues, Caleb must rebuild his life without the only support he has ever known - his mother and the church.

In November 2022, Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power in Israel after the fifth election in less than four years. Propped up by a bloc of far-right and ultra-religious parties, Netanyahu's government is the most extreme administration in Israeli history. It has pushed Israeli society to...

When LIAM TOWNSEND disappeared after abandoning his car a year ago, the police put it down to suicide. Then a year later the body of a woman is found in a shallow grave nearby and her DNA matches that which was found on the passenger seat of LIAM’s car. VALERIE GARDNER was a close friend of LIAM’s and walks into the Lytham office of PI STEPHANIE MARSHALL asking if she can find LIAM. STEPHANIE agrees but has no idea about the ulterior motive VALERIE has for finding LIAM and just how many people that will involve, including GRANT WILDE, who works for VALERIE and with whom STEPHANIE starts...