Salvation and suicide
Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
Rev. ed.
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Author
Publication
2003 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Ind, Indiana
Language
English
Word Count
47,500 words, Guess
Page Count
190 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3673822M
- ISBN-100253343240
- OCLC Control Number51983502
- OCLC Control Numbersalvationsuicide0000chid
- Library of Congress Control Number2003007226
and 2 more
- LibraryThing395335
- Goodreads470328
Classifications
- DDC289.9
- LCCBP605.P46 C48 2003
Description
Re-issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's pathbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meant saving his followers from the evils of capitalist society. "Jonestown is ancient history," writes Chidester, but it does provide us with an opportunity "to reflect upon the strangeness of familiar . . . promises of redemption through sacrifice."
Description
Book Description: Re-issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's pathbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meant saving his followers from the evils of capitalist society. "Jonestown is ancient history," writes Chidester, but it does provide us with an opportunity "to reflect upon the strangeness of familiar - promises of redemption through sacrifice.
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Series Statement
- Religion in North America
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