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Salvation and Suicide
An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown
- First published1988
- TraditionNew Religions
- Shelf135 books
A religious studies interpretation that reconstructs the worldview of Peoples Temple from its sermons, tapes and documents. Chidester argues that the Temple must be understood as a religion with its own conceptions of salvation, death and redemption.











