Salvation and Suicide

An “ambitious and courageous” examination of the Jonestown cult viewed through the lens of theology ( 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 groundbreaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world.   For Chidester, the murder-suicide of some 900 members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana recal