| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages) |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Peoples Temple as Black religion: re-imagining the contours of Black religious studies / Anthony B. Pinn -- Daddy Jones and Father Divine: the cult as political religion / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya -- An interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: implications for the Black church / Archie Smith Jr. -- Demographics and the Black religious culture of Peoples Temple / Rebecca Moore -- Peoples Temple and housing politics in San Francisco / Tanya M. Hollis -- To die for the Peoples Temple: religion and revolution after Black power / Duchess Harris and Adam John Waterman -- Jim Jones and Black worship traditions / Milmon F. Harrison -- Breaking the silence: reflections of a Black pastor / J. Alfred Smith -- America was not hard to find / Muhammed Isaiah Kenyatta -- The church in Peoples Temple / Mary R. Sawyer |
| Summary |
The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978 in their utopianist community of Jonestown, Guyana, when more than 900 members died, most of whom took their own lives. Only a handful lived to tell their story. Little has been written about the Peoples Temple in the context of black religion in America. Twenty-five years after the tragedy of Jonestown, scholars from various disciplines assess the impact of the Peoples Temple on the black religious experience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
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| SUBJECT |
Jones, Jim, 1931-1978 fast |
| Subject |
Peoples Temple.
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| SUBJECT |
Peoples Temple fast |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Religion.
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African American churches -- History
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RELIGION -- Messianic Judaism.
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African American churches
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African Americans -- Religion
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moore, Rebecca, 1951-
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Pinn, Anthony B
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Sawyer, Mary R
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| LC no. |
2003017152 |
| ISBN |
0253110831 |
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9780253110831 |
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9780253343710 |
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0253343712 |
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9780253216557 |
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0253216559 |
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1282071386 |
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9781282071384 |
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