fanaticism

Nate Reilly is having the worst summer of his life. His parents are never home, he lost his job, and his arts program was cancelled due to a virus outbreak. When Nate comes across an online "game" that promises forbidden knowledge, he is quick to click the link. Soon, he finds himself plunged down a rabbit hole of strange theories, dark plots, and fanatical believers. As he grows alienated from his family and friends, Nate is consumed by his newfound ideas. But can he unplug from a destructive alternate reality before he takes it too far?.

"Nate Reilly is having the worst summer of his life. His parents are never home, he lost his job, and his arts program was cancelled due to a virus outbreak. When Nate comes across an online 'game' that promises forbidden knowledge, he is quick to click the link. Soon, he finds himself plunged down a rabbit hole of strange theories, dark plots, and fanatical believers. As he grows alienated from his family and friends, Nate is consumed by his newfound ideas. But can he unplug from a destructive alternate reality before he takes it too far?"--Google Books.

Presents an analysis of the psychology of mass movements, whether religious, social, or nationalist, identifying the traits they have in common, and looking at the types of people who participate in such movements.

"A retelling of Snow White and Rose Red in which teenage twins Ivory and Rosie battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family"--Provided by publisher.

After joining her new friends in the religious group called Fishers of Men, Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself.

Relates the story of a young man and a new minister who fifty years earlier encountered a terrible tragedy and while the minister renounces his ministry the young man leaves his hometown only to fight the demons inside of him with addiction, but these two men once again meet up and the young man realizes that revival has more than one meaning.

After joining her new friends in the religious group called Fishers of Men, Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself.

This book provides the history of Christianity, and explains how the current divisions in the faith occurred.

"Fourteen year-old Eva tries to be a good disciple of Righteous Path, a polygamy cult in Colorado, but her forays into the 'heathen world' cause her to question all she knows"--.

The author presents a scathing indictment against the Bush-Cheney administration accusing them of seizing their executive powers and permanently altering the constitutional balance of the democracy.