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Peoples Temple and Black religion in America / edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn & Mary R. Sawyer.

Contributor(s): Moore, Rebecca, 1951- | Pinn, Anthony B | Sawyer, Mary R
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2004Description: xvii, 204 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0253216559 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0253343712 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Peoples Temple | Jones, Jim, 1931-1978 | African Americans -- Religion | African American churches -- HistoryDDC classification: 289.9 LOC classification: BP605.P46 | P44 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Peoples Temple as black religion: re-imagining the contours of Black Religious Studies / Anthony B. Pinn -- Daddy Jones and Father Divine: the cult as political religion / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya -- An interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: implications for the Black Church / Archie Smith Jr. -- Demographics and the black religious culture of Peoples Temple / Rebecca Moore -- Peoples Temple and housing politics in San Francisco / Tanya M. Hollis -- To die for the Peoples Temple: religion and revolution after Black Power / Duchess Harris and Adam John Waterman -- Jim Jones and black worship traditions / Milmon F. Harrison -- Breaking the silence: reflections of a black pastor / J. Alfred Smith -- America was not hard to find / Muhammed Isaiah Kenyatta -- The church in Peoples Temple / Mary R. Sawyer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peoples Temple as black religion: re-imagining the contours of Black Religious Studies / Anthony B. Pinn -- Daddy Jones and Father Divine: the cult as political religion / C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya -- An interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: implications for the Black Church / Archie Smith Jr. -- Demographics and the black religious culture of Peoples Temple / Rebecca Moore -- Peoples Temple and housing politics in San Francisco / Tanya M. Hollis -- To die for the Peoples Temple: religion and revolution after Black Power / Duchess Harris and Adam John Waterman -- Jim Jones and black worship traditions / Milmon F. Harrison -- Breaking the silence: reflections of a black pastor / J. Alfred Smith -- America was not hard to find / Muhammed Isaiah Kenyatta -- The church in Peoples Temple / Mary R. Sawyer.

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