Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

Religion & Spirituality. Sociology. True Crime. Nonfiction. HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER �?� From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America�??s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. Now an the acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. �??Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner�??s Song.�?� �??San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities.  At the core of Krakauer�??s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America�??s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nat… (more)