Title: Peoples Temple and Black religion in America
Description: The Peoples Temple movement ended on November 18, 1978 in their utopianist community of Jonestown, Guyana, when more than 900 members died, most of whom took their own lives. Only a handful lived to tell their story. Little has been written about the Peoples Temple in the context of black religion in America. Twenty-five years after the tragedy of Jonestown, scholars from various disciplines assess the impact of the Peoples Temple on the black religious experience.
Subjects: Religion, African Americans, Peoples Temple, African American churches, History, 11.98 other religions, Negers, People's Temple, Jonestown mass suicide, jonestown, guyana, 1978, African americans, religion
People: Jim Jones (1931-1978)