Praise for the first edition:"[This] ambitious and courageous book [is a] benchmark of theology by which questions about the meaningful history of the Peoples Temple may be measured." ―Journal of the American Academy of ReligionRe-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."
#1817476 in Books Alvin H Rosenfeld 2015-12-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x 1.50 x 6.30l; 2.08 #File Name: 025301865X584 pagesDeciphering the New Antisemitism Studies in Antisemitism
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