Salvation and Suicide

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Praise for the first edition: "(This) ambitious andcourageous book (is a) benchmark of theology by which questions about the meaningfulhistory of the Peoples Temple may be measured." -- Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Religion Re-issued in recognition of the 25thanniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of DavidChidester's pathbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning ofthe tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls theAmerican religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meantsaving his followers from the evils of capitalist society. "Jonestown isancient history, " writes Chidester, but it does provide us with an opportunity"to reflect upon the strangeness of familiar... promises of redemption throughsacrifice.