Salvation and Suicide: An Interpretation of Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown

Praise for the first edition:
"[This] ambitious and courageous book [is a] benchmark of theology by which questions about the meaningful history of the Peoples Temple may be measured." —Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Re—issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's pathbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post—Waco, post—9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestow...