Revisiting Jonestown - An Interdisciplinary Study of Cults

Revisiting Jonestown: An Interdisciplinary Study of Cults examines the Jonestown massacre to reveal a new understanding of vital issues concerning cults, such as the origins of human awareness, religion, and death rituals, including collective suicide, genocide, and war.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Jim Jones: Psychobiography of a Cult Leader
Chapter 2: Peoples Temple and Placental Leadership
Chapter 3: Peoples Temple and Syncytial Membership
Chapter 4: From Miracles and Exoduses to the White Night
Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary Reflections
Chapter 6: The Death Ritual of Jonestown
Chapter 7: Fractals

About the author

By Domenico Arturo Nesci - Foreword by Nancy McWilliams

Summary

Revisiting Jonestown: An Interdisciplinary Study of Cults examines the Jonestown massacre to reveal a new understanding of vital issues concerning cults, such as the origins of human awareness, religion, and death rituals, including collective suicide, genocide, and war.

Product details

• Authors: Domenico Arturo Nesci, Domenico A. Nesci
• Assisted by: McWilliams Nancy (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498552714
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5271-4
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; USA, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Anthropology, Psychology, RELIGION / Cults, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion & beliefs, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, Religion and beliefs, Crime and criminology