02594oam 22005414a 450 99624806590331620240513042548.00-253-00322-90-253-34324-00-585-24499-51-282-07569-197866120756980-253-11274-52027/heb30771(CKB)2430000000010576(MiAaPQ)EBC613514(OCoLC)666925035(MdBmJHUP)muse32620(dli)HEB30771(MiU)MIU01000000000000012329487(EXLCZ)99243000000001057620030326d2003 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSalvation and suicide an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown /David ChidesterRevised edition.Bloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,[2003]©20031 online resource (222 pages)Religion in North AmericaReligion in North America0-253-20690-1 0-253-21632-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index.Introduction: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown -- Perspectives on an event -- The classification of persons -- Orientation in space -- Orientation in time -- Salvation and suicide.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 Religion Re-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.".Religion in North America.289.9Chidester David658698MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK996248065903316Salvation and Suicide2312875UNISA