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| Named Person: | Jim Jones |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Chidester |
| ISBN: | 0253343240 9780253343246 025321632X 9780253216328 |
| OCLC Number: | 51983502 |
| Description: | xxviii, 190 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Religion in North America. |
| Responsibility: | David Chidester. |
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Praise for the first edition: "[This] ambitious and courageous book...offers an important benchmark of theology by which questions about the meaningful history of the Peoples Temple may be measured." Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Fascinating... Perhaps this book will bring a sense of humanity, and of respect, for the dreams and ambitions of the people who died [at Jonestown]." San Francisco Chronicle "An impressive tour de force." Religious Studies Review Read more...
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