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100 1 $aChidester, David.
245 10 $aSalvation and suicide :$bJim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown /$cDavid Chidester.
246 3 $aJim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
246 3 $aSalvation & suicide
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aBloomington :$bIndiana University Press,$cc2003.
300 $axxviii, 190 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aReligion in North America
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index.
505 0 $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.
520 $aBook Description: 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.
600 10 $aJones, Jim,$d1931-1978.
610 20 $aPeoples Temple.
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