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Article: Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer, eds. Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America.(Book Review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- March 22, 2005
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Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn, and Mary R. Sawyer, eds. Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 2004. xvii + 204 pp.
Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America is an important collection of essays dealing with the impact of the African-American community on the Peoples Temple religious group. Some of the articles were published previously (as early as 1979 and 1980, directly following the mass suicide event in Guyana). Other essays were written specifically for this book. The various chapters thus bring together reflections on the Peoples Temple that span a twenty-five year time period. Contributors include African-American ...