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Salvation and suicide

an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown

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An edition of Salvation and suicide (1988)

Salvation and suicide

an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown

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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 University Press
Language
English
Pages
190

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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 (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
1991, Indiana University
in English - 1st Midland Book ed. 1991
Cover of: Salvation and suicide
Salvation and suicide: an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
1988, Indiana University Press
in English
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Bloomington

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 171-185.

Series
Religion in North America

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
289.9
Library of Congress
BP605.P46 C48 1988, BP605.P46C48 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 190 p. ;
Number of pages
190

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Open Library
OL2407844M
Internet Archive
salvationsuicide00chid
ISBN 10
0253350565
LCCN
87045015
OCLC/WorldCat
16129552
Library Thing
395335
Goodreads
1571691

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