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God's Lunatics: Lost Souls, False Prophets, Martyred Saints, Murderous Cults, Demonic Nuns, And Other Victims Of Man's Eternal Search For The Divine (2010)

by Michael Largo(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061732842 (ISBN13: 9780061732843)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: While the book is 564 pages in length, it is a surprisingly quick read. It is both highly entertaining and informative. It includes almost every spiritual or religious movement that has occurred since recorded history, and especially the more modern ones. It talks about those religious founders who were informed through visions, channeling and visits from angels and space aliens. In has many black and white photos and illustrations. I found the book to by funny and fascinating and I even extracted some profound spiritual nuggets from its pages. As it is organized alphabetically, it does not have an index, which is unfortunate. It can be browsed, read cover to cover or used as a reference when one wants to understand a particular religious or spiritual movement better. More... more entertaining than a deep look into any particular movement, it gets many things right and does share some insights. It is perfect as a bathroom reader. Whether you want to know about John Calvin, Edgar Cayce, Aleister Crowley, the Crusades, King David, Eckankar, Mary Baker Eddy, the Essenes, EST, Gnosticism, Falun Gong, Fatwa, Mohandas Gandhi, Hermes, L. Ron Hubbard, David Koresh, Charles Manson, Merlin, Pythagoras, Raelism, Joseph Smith, Jr., Emanuel Swedenborg, Mother Teresa or Urantia Brotherhood, this book covers it.
review 2: God's Lunatics is an encyclopedia of religions and their adherents, ranging from mainstream religions like Christianity to cults like the Branch Davidians. As you can probably guess from the title, this book will not thrill people who are serious about their faith, but it isn't a snarling anti-religion book either. It has a tongue-in-cheek tone, but there are far, far worse books that rail against religion.It has a few problems. First, there is no index. Even though the book is technically an encylopedia, there are a lot of important facts that are scattered as notes in other entries, and if you don't know where to look, you'll never find them. Second, there are no captions for images detailing the source or subject of the material. Finally, there are numerous little errors and typo's that make the book feel a little second tier.It's a fun, but amateurish book. less

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