Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America

Contents

C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments / ix Introduction / xi 1. Peoples Temple as Black Religion: Re-imagining the Contours of Black Religious Studies anthony b. pinn 1 2. Daddy Jones and Father Divine: The Cult as Political Religion c. eric lincoln and lawrence h. mamiya 28 3. An Interpretation of Peoples Temple and Jonestown: Implications for the Black Church archie smith jr. 47 4. Demographics and the Black Religious Culture of Peoples Temple rebecca moore 57 5. Peoples Temple and Housing Politics in San Francisco tanya m. hollis 81 6. To Die for the Peoples Temple: Religion and Revolution after Black Power duchess harris and adam john waterman 103 7. Jim Jones and Black Worship Traditions milmon f. harrison 123 8. Breaking the Silence: Reflections of a Black Pastor j. alfred smith 139 9. America Was Not Hard to Find muhammed isaiah kenyatta 158 viii contents 10. The Church in Peoples Temple mary r. sawyer 166 Contributors / 194 Index / 196 ...