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| Named Person: | Jim Jones; Jim Jones |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rebecca Moore; Anthony B Pinn; Mary R Sawyer |
| ISBN: | 0253343712 9780253343710 0253216559 9780253216557 |
| OCLC Number: | 52838314 |
| Description: | xvii, 204 p. ; 25 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer. |
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Abstract:
The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978, when the children in Jonestown were put to death by adult members. This book includes an essay that helps frame the discussion that follows by defining the parameters of black religious studies while pointing to the diversity of paths taken by practitioners of black religion.
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<p>."..Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America is an insightful, provocative and useful assemblage of essays, a vital contribution to the literature in its own right. One hopes that, in addition, the book will have the happy effect of generating still more scholarship and--not least of all--making way for the voices of more survivors, especially African Americans, to find their way into print." --The North Star: A Journal of African American Religious History Read more...
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