Christopher Edwards (born 1954) is an American author. He wrote ''Crazy for God: The Nightmare of Cult Life'', a
memoir of his seven-month experience as a member of the
Unification Church of the United States
The Unification Church of the United States is a religious movement in the United States of America. It began in the 1950s and 1960s when missionaries from Japan and South Korea were sent to the United States by the international Unification Churc ...
, in 1976. In an interview while promoting his book, he said he travelled with a bodyguard and was afraid for his life.
Education
Edwards graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
with majors in psychology and philosophy.
CRAZY FOR GOD: The Nightmare of Cult Life by Christopher Edwards
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See also
* Crazy for God
Footnotes
American male non-fiction writers
1954 births
Yale College alumni
Living people
American memoirists
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