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Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, The Peoples Temple, and Jonestown

By David Chidester
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By David Chidester
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An "ambitious and courageous" examination of the Jonestown cult viewed through the lens of theology (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 groundbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world.



For Chidester, the murder-suicide of some 900 members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana recalls th...

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