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Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America

by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn and Mary R. Sawyer · Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn and Mary R. Sawyer (eds.)

A collection of essays examining Peoples Temple within African American religious history. The contributors ask why so many Black Americans joined the Temple and how the tragedy has been remembered in Black churches and communities.

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