Ebook {Epub PDF} Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple by Rebecca Moore

Rebecca Mooreis Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. She has written and published extensively on Peoples Temple and Jonestown (listed here), including her book Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple(Praeger, ), and an extensive descriptionof the Temple appears at the World Religions Spirituality Project at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Rebecca Elaine Moore sheds light and information regarding Jonestown, Jim Jones, and the People's Temple along with her husband, Fielding MacGehee. For Dr. Moore, it's both personal and professional since she lost her older sister, Carolyn Layton, and younger sister, Anne Moore, in Jonestown on Novem along with Carolyn and Jim Jones' son, Jim Jon Prokes also Cited by: "Rebecca Moore's thoughtful, balanced book makes a significant contribution to recent scholarship aimed at redressing the sensationalism of many previous accounts of Peoples Temple and Jonestown. This book deepens our understanding of the tragedy of Jonestown by refusing to reduce the story to that single www.doorway.ru:

Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple by Rebecca Moore This in-depth investigation of Peoples Temple and its tragic end at Jonestown corrects sensationalized misunderstandings of the group and places its individual members within the broader context of religion in America. CW/TW: Discussion of suicide and violence. I felt compelled to write this opinion piece after recently reading Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple by Rebecca Moore, who is the sister of two prominent Temple members, Carolyn Layton and Annie Moore. After reading this book, I think that, in my anger over the death of so many and the exploitation of mostly black people (a feeling that I do. Understanding Jonestown And Peoples Temple. In Order to Read Online or Download Understanding Jonestown And Peoples Temple Full eBooks in PDF, EPUB, Tuebl and Mobi you need to create a Free account. Get any books you like and read everywhere you want. Fast Download Speed ~ Commercial Ad Free.

UNDERSTANDING JONESTOWN AND PEOPLES TEMPLE Rebecca Moore Westport, Connecticut London AUTHOR 7 S NOTE I have been studying Peoples Temple and Jonestown for more than thirty years. My interest is both personal and professional. My first book on Peoples Temple, Moore, Rebecca. A Sympathetic History of Jonestown: The Moore Family Involvement in the Peoples Temple, was published by Edwin Mellen Press in For a long time during the writing of it, the working title was Jonestown U.S.A., and I did give one chapter that title. It embodied a belief – which I still hold. Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple. by. Rebecca Moore (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · 48 ratings · 9 reviews. Most people understand Peoples Temple through its violent end in Jonestown, Guyana in , where more than Americans committed murder and suicide in a jungle commune. Media coverage of the event.