In her award-winning book Undertow, Charlene Edge
dissects her past as a long-time member of one of the largest
fundamentalist cults in the United States, “The Way International.” Undertow
is a demonstration of the dangers of fundamentalism and the destructive
nature of cults. Through her personal story, Charlene Edge shows how a
vulnerable person can be seduced into following an authoritarian leader
and how difficult it can be to find a way out.
Charlene’s experiences with “The Way” depicts the downward spiraling
of a college student who – for reasons all her own – fell for a certain
kind of propaganda. Now, if it happened to her, why not to you? To us?
Escaping Fundamentalism: An Interview with Charlene L. Edge (Part I) | American Studies Blog
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