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Salvation and Suicide

An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America)

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An edition of Salvation and suicide (1988)

Salvation and Suicide

An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America)

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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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Indiana Univ Pr
Pages
208

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Subjects
Peoples Temple, Jonestown mass suicide, jonestown, guyana, 1978, People's Temple
People
Jim Jones (1931-1978)
Places
Jonestown (Guyana), San Francisco (Calif.)

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Salvation and suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
2003, Indiana University Press
in English - Rev. ed.
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Salvation and suicide: an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
1991, Indiana University
in English - 1st Midland Book ed. 1991
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Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America)
August 1991, Indiana Univ Pr
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Salvation and suicide: an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
1988, Indiana University Press
in English
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Library of Congress
BP605.P46 C48 1991g

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Paperback
Number of pages
208
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
Weight
12 ounces

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OL9692501M
ISBN 10
0253206901
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9780253206909
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87045015
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27155325
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