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Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown Rev edition
David Chidester
Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown Rev edition
David Chidester
Features a prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. This book recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meant saving his followers from the evils of capitalist society.
222 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 16, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780253216328 |
Publishers | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 15 mm · 344 g |
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