Hearing the Voices of Jonestown - Putting a Human Face on an American Tragedy

When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978, they left a legacy of suspicion and fear. Hearing the Voices of Jonestown restores the individual voices that have been erased so that we can better understand what was created - and destroyed - at Jonestown, and why.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mary McCormick Maaga received her PhD with distinction from Drew University where she was invited to study as the Shirley Sugarman Scholar in Religion and Society. She lectured at the University of Stirling, Scotland, in the fields of new religions, women and religion, and anthropology of religion. Dr. Maaga is an Elder in Full Connection in the United Methodist Church, currently serving a local Church in Tulare, California.

Zusammenfassung

When over 900 followers of the Peoples Temple religious group committed suicide in 1978, they left a legacy of suspicion and fear. Hearing the Voices of Jonestown restores the individual voices that have been erased so that we can better understand what was created - and destroyed - at Jonestown, and why.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary Maaga, Mary Mccormick Maaga
• Verlag: Syracuse University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780815611226
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-1122-6
• Seiten: 216
• Serie: Religion and Politics
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Alternative Glaubenslehren, cults, RELIGION / Cults, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations