Debby Schriver, "Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to Freedom"
English | ISBN: 1621903869 | 2018 | 332 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Beginning in the 1960s in California, erstwhile music producer Tony Alamo became interested in authoritarian religion and, along with his charismatic wife, Susan, began gathering followers. By the 1970s, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries had established particularly strong footholds in Arkansas, as well as maintaining outposts in California. The ministry gained a legion of followers, with branches not only in the USA but in places as diverse as Africa and Sri Lanka. Even through their leader's eventual imprisonment under federal charges (related to transporting minors across state lines for sexual purposes), Alamo's vision survived-and his community survives him today.