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Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Religion in North America)
Salvation and Suicide An Interpretation of Jim Jones the Peoples Temple and Jonestown - Religion in North America
Author: David Chidester
Jonestown. The word connotes tragedy and elicits responses of horror and dismay. The mass murder-suicide of over 900 persons on 18 November 1978 marked the end of one of the most controversial of modern religious movements and the beginning of America's struggle to understand it. A variety of strategies to explain Jonestown emerged in the wa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780253206909
ISBN-10: 0253206901
Publication Date: 8/1991
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Indiana Univ Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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