Salvation and Suicide : An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown /
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 relig...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2003]
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Edición: | Revised edition. |
Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
- Perspectives on an event
- The classification of persons
- Orientation in space
- Orientation in time
- Salvation and suicide.