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Peoples Temple and Jonestown in the Twenty-First Century - Rebecca Moore

Peoples Temple and Jonestown in the Twenty-First Century

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Buch | Softcover
75 Seiten
2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-01589-9 (ISBN)
CHF 33,90 inkl. MwSt
The new religious movement of Peoples Temple, begun in the 1950s, came to a dramatic end with the mass murders and suicides that occurred in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978. This analysis presents the historical context for understanding the Temple and its members.
The new religious movement of Peoples Temple, begun in the 1950s, came to a dramatic end with the mass murders and suicides that occurred in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978. This analysis presents the historical context for understanding the Temple by focusing on the ways that migrations from Indiana to California and finally to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana shaped the life and thought of Temple members. It closely examines the religious beliefs, political philosophies, and economic commitments held by the group, and it shifts the traditional focus on the leader and founder, Jim Jones, to the individuals who made up the heart and soul of the movement. It also investigates the paradoxical role that race and racism played throughout the life of the Temple. The Element concludes by considering the ways in which Peoples Temple and the tragedy at Jonestown have entered the popular imagination and captured international attention.

1. Introduction; 2. The Life and Death of Peoples Temple; 3. The Religions of Peoples Temple; 4. The Politics of Peoples Temple; 5. The Economics of Peoples Temple; 6. The Afterlives of Peoples Temple.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Elements in New Religious Movements
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 227 mm
Gewicht 150 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10 1-009-01589-3 / 1009015893
ISBN-13 978-1-009-01589-9 / 9781009015899
Zustand Neuware
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