| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
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Peoples Temple.
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Jones, Jim, 1931-1978.
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Jones, Jim, 1931-1978. (OCoLC)fst00031126
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Peoples Temple. (OCoLC)fst00530086
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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. (OCoLC)fst00799090
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African Americans -- Religion.
(OCoLC)fst00799689
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Moore, Rebecca, 1951-
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Pinn, Anthony B.
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Sawyer, Mary R.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peoples Temple and Black religion in America. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253343712 0253216559 (DLC) 2003017152 (OCoLC)52838314 |
| ISBN |
0253110831 (electronic bk.) |
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9780253110831 (electronic bk.) |
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