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Peoples Temple and Black religion in America

Title
Peoples Temple and Black religion in America / edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer.
Publication
Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Moore, Rebecca, 1951-
  • Pinn, Anthony B.
  • Sawyer, Mary R.
Description
xvii, 204 p.; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Peoples Temple as Black Religion: Re-imagining the Contours of Black Religious Studies / Anthony B. Pinn -- 2. Daddy Jones and Father Divine: The Cult as Political Religion / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya -- 3. An Interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: Implications for the Black Church / Archie Smith, Jr. -- 4. Demographics and the Black Religious Culture of Peoples Temple / Rebecca Moore -- 5. Peoples Temple and Housing Politics in San Francisco / Tanya M. Hollis -- 6. To Die for the Peoples Temple: Religion and Revolution after Black Power / Duchess Harris and Adam John Waterman -- 7. Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions / Milmon F. Harrison -- 8. Breaking the Silence: Reflections of a Black Pastor / J. Alfred Smith -- 9. America Was Not Hard to Find / Muhammed Isaiah Kenyatta -- 10. The Church in Peoples Temple / Mary R. Sawyer.
ISBN
  • 0253343712 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253216559 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2003017152
  • R2-423433
OCLC
  • 52838314
  • ocm52838314
  • SCSB-4869327
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries