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UNINA9910822548803321 |
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Titolo |
Peoples Temple and Black religion in America / / edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786612071386 |
1-282-07138-6 |
0-253-11083-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MooreRebecca <1951-> |
PinnAnthony B |
SawyerMary R |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Religion |
African American churches - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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