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Books on: Jonestown

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Hearing the Voices of Jonestown

Book by Mary McCormick Maaga; Syracuse University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Jonestown (Guyana)--Religion, Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, Peoples Temple

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

Hearing the Voices of Jonestown Religion and Politics Michael...Series Editor Hearing the Voices of Jonestown Mary McCormick Maaga With a...McCormick. Hearing the voices of Jonestown / Mary McCormick Maaga; with a foreword...
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How the Millennium Comes Violently: From Jonestown to Heaven's Gate

Book by Catherine Wessinger; Seven Bridges Press, 2000

Subjects:

Millennialism--Case Studies, Violence--Religious Aspects--Case Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Through common sense & clear language, Wessinger provides the essential tools for understanding millennial beliefs & the complex internal mix that shapes a religious group's decision to embrace or reject violence.
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Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones

Book by Chris Masters; Allen & Unwin, 2006

Subjects:

Jones, Alan--1943-, Radio Broadcasters--New South Wales--Sydney--Biography, Rugby Football Coaches--Australia--Biography, Speechwriters--Australia--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Masters, Chris, 1950- . Jonestown: the power and the myth of Alan Jones...on the disposition of the enemy. In Jonestown Alan has constructed his own world, where...They hated the program and hated Jones: Jonestown cowered before the biggest bully of...
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Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan

Book by John R. Hall, Philip D. Schuyler, Sylvaine Trinh; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Nativistic Movements--History, Violence--Religious Aspects--Case Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Apocalypse Observed is about religious violence. By analyzing five of the most notorious cults of recent years, the authors present a fascinating and revealing account of religious sects and conflict. Cults covered include: * the apocalypse at Jonestown * the Branch Davidians at Waco * the violent ...
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Apocalypse Observed is about religious violence. By analyzing five of the most notorious cults of recent years, the authors present a fascinating and revealing account of religious sects and conflict. Cults covered include: * the apocalypse at Jonestown * the Branch Davidians at Waco * the violent path of Aum Shinrikyo * the mystical apocalypse of the Solar Temple * the mass suicide of Heaven's Gate. Through comparative case studies and in-depth analysis, the authors show how religious violence can erupt not simply from the beliefs of the cult followers or the personalities of their leaders, but also from the way in which society responds to the cults in its midst.
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Controversial New Religions

Book by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aagaard Petersen; Oxford University Press, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Reality: Conspiracy Theories about Jonestown, 61 Rebecca Moore 4 Explaining...Peoples Temple and its utopian commune Jonestown, which ended in mass murder-suicides...resources on Peoples Tem- ple at http://jonestown.sdsu.edu. David Ownby is Professor...

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Journal Articles on: Jonestown

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David Chidester. Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown

Journal article by Bill Metcalf; Utopian Studies, Vol. 16, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Salvation and Suicide: Jim Jones, The Peoples Temple, and Jonestown (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...Suicide: Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown. by Bill Metcalf David Chidester...Suicide: Jim Jones, The Peoples Temple, and Jonestown. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2003. 190 pp...beginning, an attempt to contextualise the Jonestown tragedy into the post-9/11 world of mass...
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Before I'D Be a Slave, I'D Be Buried in My Grave, and Go Home to My Lord and Be Free

Journal article by Richard A. Hutch; International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 5, 1995

Subjects:

Psychology, Religious

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...Family" in 1969, the Peoples Temple in Jonestown in 1978, and the Branch Davidians in...of Religion , "The Peoples Temple and Jonestown," that was immediately followed by my...considered to be like the Peoples Temple and Jonestown, as new religions involved none of the...
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Directory of African-Appalachian Musicians

Journal article by Bob Eagle; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004

Subjects:

African American musicians--History, African American musicians--Performances, Sound recordings

Collections: Entire Library

...Bud" Garrett (1916-1987). Cocke County Jonestown (a historical site with no population...location referred to in both Banjo Joes "Jonestown Blues" (1927) and Cannons Jug Stompers "Jonestown Blues" (1929). Compare (more likely) Jonestown...
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Newman, God, and the Academy

Journal article by Daniel Cere; Theological Studies, Vol. 55, 1994

Subjects:

Education, Humanistic--Religious aspects, Newman, John Henry Cardinal--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theology--Study and teaching

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

...mass suicide of over 900 cult members at Jonestown has been described as an event "so bizarre...notes that, for the academy, "it was as if Jonestown had never happened." No serious study of Jonestown appeared in any major journal or conference...
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The US-Panther Conflict, Exile, and the Black Diaspora: The Plight of Larry Watani Stiner

Journal article by Larry Watani Stiner, Scot Brown; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 92, 2007

Subjects:

African Americans--Cases, African diaspora--History, Black Panther Party (United States)--History, Murder--Cases, Stiner, Larry Watani--Cases

Collections: History, Entire Library

...friend of mine, seeking directions to Jonestown. They had been granted a rare face-to-face...headed up the narrow dirt-covered road to Jonestown. I watched as the three reporters were...intervals), I concluded that these people of Jonestown were kind of strange. We looked at each...

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Magazine Articles on: Jonestown

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He Lived to Tell: Openly Gay Jonestown Resident Vernon Gosney Escaped the Commune with Three Bullet Wounds, but His 5-Year-Old Son Was Not as Lucky

Magazine article by Paul Vandecarr; The Advocate, November 25, 2003

Subjects:

Cults, Cults--Personal narratives, Dissenters, Religious, Dissenters, Religious--1970s (Decade) AD, Gosney, Vernon--Biography, Gosney, Vernon--Interviews, Jonestown Massacre, Guyana, 1978--Personal narratives, People's Temple--Personal narratives, Religious dissenters--1970s (Decade) AD

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

He Lived to Tell: Openly Gay Jonestown Resident Vernon Gosney Escaped the...time Vernon Gosney dreamed about Jonestown, things were the way they were...Gosneys dream was a far cry from the Jonestown he last saw--on November 18, 1978...
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Death of Dreams: In November 1978, Harvey Milk's Murder and the Mass Suicides at Jonestown Nearly Broke San Francisco's Spirit. Eerily, Milk Knew and Worked with Jonestown Founder Jim Jones

Magazine article by Paul Vandecarr; The Advocate, November 25, 2003

Subjects:

Cults, Cults--1970s (Decade) AD, Cults--History, Cults--Social aspects, Gay politicians, Gay politicians--1970s (Decade) AD, Gay politicians--Crimes against, Gay politicians--Death of, Gay politicians--Social policy, Jones, Jim (Cult leader), Jonestown Massacre, Guyana, 1978, Milk, Harvey--Crimes against, Milk, Harvey--Death of, Milk, Harvey--Social policy, Moscone, George--Crimes against, Moscone, George--Death of, People's Temple--History, People's Temple--Social aspects, San Francisco, California--History, San Francisco, California--Public opinion, San Francisco, California--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Murder and the Mass Suicides at Jonestown Nearly Broke San Franciscos Spirit. Eerily, Milk Knew and Worked with Jonestown Founder Jim Jones. by Paul...other. The deaths took place in ,Jonestown, a communal settlement in the South...
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JONESTOWN MASSACRE: The Unrevealed Story

Magazine article by Jeff A. Schnepper; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, January 1999

Subjects:

Buford, Teresa--Testimony, Jones, Jim (Cult leader)--Behavior, Jonestown, Guyana, Massacres

Collections: Entire Library

JONESTOWN MASSACRE: The Unrevealed Story. by Jeff A. Schnepper...Jim Jones and the mass suicide of hundreds of people in Jonestown, Guyana. While the deaths were real, the stories were...disassociated himself from the Temple and believed that Jonestown political forces were plotting his death to silence him...
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SEDUCTIVE POISON: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple

Magazine article by Bettina Drew; The Nation, Vol. 268, February 1, 1999

Subjects:

Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

SEDUCTIVE POISON: A Jonestown Survivors Story of Life and Death...BETTINA DREW SEDUCTIVE POISON: A Jonestown Survivors Story of Life and Death...inevitably bring to mind the tragedy of Jonestown, Guyana, twenty years ago this past...
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The Peoples Temple Collection

Magazine article; California History, Vol. 83, Spring 2005

Subjects:

People's Temple--Investigations, People's Temple--Membership, People's Temple--Records and correspondence, Religious institutions--Investigations, Religious institutions--Membership, Religious institutions--Records and correspondence, Religious organizations--Investigations, Religious organizations--Membership, Religious organizations--Records and correspondence

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...1978 was the deaths of 918 people in Jonestown, Guyana, a small country in the jungles...Ryan organized a fact-finding mission to Jonestown in response to questions raised by the...members. That day, more than nine hundred Jonestown residents died from poisoning, and four...

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Newspaper Articles on: Jonestown

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Roberts Criticized Award to Lawmaker in '83; Memo Questioned Actions of Official Killed in Jonestown Massacre

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 1, 2005

Subjects:

Ryan, Leo J.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Questioned Actions of Official Killed in Jonestown Massacre. Byline: Stephen Dinan...in what has come to be called the 1978 Jonestown massacre. Judge Roberts, in a Nov. 18...nation of Guyana in a community known as Jonestown. Some sect members tried to leave with...
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'DIG!' a Riveting Look at Rock and Money

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 27, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of disbanded indie rockers the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and his generous notion of...alternative rock. In retrospect, the Brian Jonestown Massacre - a "Jeopardy!"-like pun on...in the indie-rock lives of the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols. amp...
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Death Toll Reaches 900 in Cult Massacre

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 1, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...massacres in the hills of South-western Uganda surpassed the 1978 Jonestown mass suicides in Guyana yesterday when police revised the...passes that the November 1978 Peoples Temple tragedy. The Jonestown mass suicide and killings claimed 913 lives in the jungles...
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1970-1979

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 27, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...me decade" provided horror, like the Jonestown massacre and the terrorist attack at...Rep. Leo Ryan and four others go to Jonestown, Guyana, to look into reports that relatives...kill Mr. Ryan and his entourage at the Jonestown airfield. Shortly after the murders...
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Rasputins Control Life and Death

Newspaper article by Nicola Barry; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 28, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the edge. There are precedents: Jim Jones and Jonestown, David Koresh and Waco. Now the Computer Cult...police and federal agents ended a 51-day siege. JONESTOWN: 1978 November Jonestown, Guyana Rev Jim Jones led 914 followers to their...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Jonestown

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Jones, Jim

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...his personal use, he and about 1,000 followers relocated to Jonestown, Guyana (1977). In Nov., 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo J. Ryan...Commitment (1982); J. M. Weightman, Making Sense of the Jonestown Suicides (1984); D. Chidester, Salvation and Suicide (1988...
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Guyana

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...more than 900 followers, mostly Americans, of a religious cult (the Peoples Temple) led by Jim Jones committed suicide in Jonestown, a jungle village in Guyana. In 1980 a new constitution was adopted, under which Burnham became president. In the early 1980s...
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Cult

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...stirred wide controversy. Cults insularity and distrust of society sometimes lead to violent conflicts with the law. In 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana, followers of Jim Jones killed a U.S. congressman who was investigating Jones, and then Jones and more than 900...

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