Peoples Temple and Black religion in America / / edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783354403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, IN : , : Indiana University Press, , 2004; ©2004
• ISBN: 9786612071386; 1-282-07138-6; 0-253-11083-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): MooreRebecca <1951->; PinnAnthony B; SawyerMary R
• Disciplina: 289.9
• Soggetti: African Americans - Religion; African American churches - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Peoples Temple as Black Religion: Re-imagining the Contours of Black Religious Studies; 2. Daddy Jones and Father Divine: The Cult as Political Religion; 3. An Interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: Implications for the Black Church; 4. Demographics and the Black Religious Culture of Peoples Temple; 5. Peoples Temple and Housing Politics in San Francisco; 6. To Die for the Peoples Temple: Religion and Revolution after Black Power; 7. Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions; 8. Breaking the Silence: Reflections of a Black Pastor; . America Was Not Hard to Find; 10. The Church in Peoples Temple; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978 in their utopianist community of Jonestown, Guyana, when more than 900 members died, most of whom took their own lives. Only a handful lived to tell their story. Little has been written about the Peoples Temple in the context of black religion in America. Twenty-five years after the tragedy of Jonestown, scholars from various disciplines assess the impact of the Peoples Temple on the black religious experience.