LEADER 02594oam 22005414a 450 001 996248065903316 005 20240513042548.0 010 $a0-253-00322-9 010 $a0-253-34324-0 010 $a0-585-24499-5 010 $a1-282-07569-1 010 $a9786612075698 010 $a0-253-11274-5 024 7 $a2027/heb30771 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010576 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC613514 035 $a(OCoLC)666925035 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32620 035 $a(dli)HEB30771 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012329487 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010576 100 $a20030326d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSalvation and suicide $ean interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown /$fDavid Chidester 205 $aRevised edition. 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2003] 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource (222 pages) 225 1 $aReligion in North America 225 0$aReligion in North America 311 $a0-253-20690-1 311 $a0-253-21632-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown -- Perspectives on an event -- The classification of persons -- Orientation in space -- Orientation in time -- Salvation and suicide. 330 $aPraise for the first edition: "[This] ambitious and courageous book [is a] benchmark of theology by which questions about the meaningful history of the Peoples Temple may be measured." -Journal of the American Academy of Religion Re-issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's pathbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meant saving his followers from the evils of capitalist society. "Jonestown is ancient history," writes Chidester, but it does provide us with an opportunity "to reflect upon the strangeness of familiar... promises of redemption through sacrifice.". 410 0$aReligion in North America. 676 $a289.9 700 $aChidester$b David$0658698 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248065903316 996 $aSalvation and Suicide$92312875 997 $aUNISA