Format:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 204 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253216559
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0253343712
Content:
The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 men, women, and children died in a ritual of murder and suicide in their utopianist community of Jonestown, Guyana. Only a handful lived to tell their story. As is well known, Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, was white, but most of his followers were black. Despite that, little has been written about Peoples Temple in the context of black religion in America. In 10 essays, writers from various disciplines address this gap i
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Peoples Temple as Black Religion: Re-imagining theContours of Black Religious Studies; 2. Daddy Jones and Father Divine: The Cult as PoliticalReligion; 3. An Interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown:Implications for the Black Church; 4. Demographics and the Black Religious Culture ofPeoples Temple; 5. Peoples Temple and Housing Politics in San Francisco; 6. To Die for the Peoples Temple: Religion and Revolution afterBlack Power; 7. Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions; 8. Breaking the Silence: Reflections of a Black Pastor
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9. America Was Not Hard to Find10. The Church in Peoples Temple; Contributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253343710
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America
Language:
English
