Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America

Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 216 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780253343710
  • DDC分類 289.9

Full Description


The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 men, women, and children died in a ritual of murder and suicide in their utopianist community of Jonestown, Guyana. Only a handful lived to tell their story. As is well known, Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, was white, but most of his followers were black. Despite that, little has been written about Peoples Temple in the context of black religion in America. In 10 essays, writers from various disciplines address this gap in the scholarship. Twenty-five years after the tragedy at Jonestown, they assess the impact of the black religious experience on Peoples Temple.

Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Peoples Temple as Black Religion: Re-Imagining the Contours of Black Religious Studies Anthony B. Pinn2. Daddy Jones and Father Divine: The Cult as Political Religion C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence Mamiya3. An Interpretation of the Peoples Temple and Jonestown: Implications for the Black Church Archie Smith, Jr.4. Demographics and the Black Religious Culture of People Temple Rebecca Moore5. Peoples Temple and Housing Politics in San Francisco Tanya M. Hollis6. To Die for the Peoples Temple: Religion and Revolution after Black Power Duchess Harris and Adam John Waterman7. Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions Milmon Harrison8. Breaking the Silence: Reflections of a Black Pastor J. Alfred Smith9. America Was Not Hard to Find Muhammed Isaiah Kenyatta10. The Church in Peoples Temple Mary R. SawyerContributorsIndex