Salvation and suicide : an interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown / / David Chidester

• Autore: Chidester David
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Edizione: Revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 pages)
• Disciplina: 289.9
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.".
• Titolo autorizzato: Salvation and Suicide
• ISBN: 0-253-00322-9; 0-253-34324-0; 0-585-24499-5; 1-282-07569-1; 9786612075698; 0-253-11274-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996248065903316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Religion in North America.