Matches in the gas tank
Subtitle: trial by fire in the Armstrong cult
By: by Carla Powers.
Publisher: Bright Sky Press; Brand: Bright Sky Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houston, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781933979533
Subjects: Powers, Carla, -- 1955- -- Childhood and youth; Powers, Carla, -- 1955- -- Family; Armstrong, Herbert W. -- Influence; Radio Church of God; Cults -- United States -- Case studies; Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Case studies; Big Sandy (Tex.) -- Relilgious life and customs; Big Sandy (Tex.) -- Biography
Genres: Case studies; Biography
Table of contents: title: The betrayer : feast of trumpets, 1967; title: The call, January 2002; title: Headin' for home; title: Being Powers; title: The sharecropper's daughter; title: Indoctrination in a cult; title: The first visit; title: Rules of the game; title: Kinfolk; title: Big Sandy; title: American idyll; title: Faith healing; title: The oil patch; title: Somebody's watching you; title: Imperial school; title: Not like everyone else; title: The pecking order; title: The virtuous woman; title: Meltdown; title: Breaking point; title: Sins of the flesh; title: Disfellowshipped; title: The walking wounded; title: Matches in the gas tank; title: The respite; title: Our place of safety; title: Home, anything but sweet; title: In an alien world; title: Lifeline; title: The tide begins to turn; title: Auld Lang Syne; title: Changes; title: Betwixt and between; title: Moment of truth; title: Just desserts; title: Saying goodbye; title: The vigil; title: Last respects; title: The pine box; title: Epilogue: The journey continues.