Rebecca Moore

This volume provides a comprehensive and objective overview of Peoples Temple, which saw its violent end at Jonestown in 1978.

Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple

Perspectives on Cult Violence

Beyond Brainwashing

A study of the People's Temple written with compassion and understanding, with special focus on the surviving family members of two of the victims. This work seeks to dispel the bizarre image propagated by the media.

The Moore Family Involvement in Peoples Temple

A Sympathetic History of Jonestown

Reap the mental and physical benefits of breathwork with this essential toolkit, complete with 50 illustrated breath-exercise cards and a 64-page guidebook. Breath Practice Cards provide an uplifting, screen-free introduction to breathwork with simple and easy-to-follow exercises and meditations beautifully and accessibly presented. In the accompanying book, explore the origins, science and benefits of this age-old method made popular by Wim Hof and find simple sequences to create your own mindful breathwork practice. Each card, gorgeously illustrated with inspiring and inclusive artworks from @madebyralu, includes directions of how to practice a specific technique. The cards include exercises to: Focus, including grounding and re-centering Humming Bee Breath and Box Breathing Relax, including calming and restorative Hugging Break and Lunar Breathing Elevate, including energising and uplifting Sunshine Breath and Heart-Smiling Breath Release, including cleansing and clearing Roaring Lion’s Breath and Open Ocean Breath Connect, including harmonising and meditative Gratitude Breath and Chakra Balancing Breath Pick a card when you wake up to energise or before you go to bed to unwind, or just throughout your day when you need a mindful moment. This set is a must-have resource for modern well-being.

50 breathwork meditations for mind, body & self

Breath Practice Cards

Description of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christian traditions, from the earliest disciples to the latest theologians.

Women in Christian Traditions

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. Most people understand Peoples Temple through its violent disbanding following events in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 Americans committed murder and suicide in a jungle commune. Media coverage of the event sensationalized the group and obscured the background of those who died. The view that emerged thirty years ago continues to dominate understanding of Jonestown today, despite the dozens of books, articles, and documentaries that have appeared. This book provides a fresh perspective on Peoples Temple, locating the group within the context of religion in America and offering a contemporary history that corrects the inaccuracies often associated with the group and its demise. Although Peoples Temple had some of the characteristics many associate with cults, it also shared many characteristics of black religion in America. Moreover, it is crucial to understand how the organization fits into the social and political movements of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s: race, class, colonialism, gender, and other issues dominated the times and so dominated the consciousness of the members of Peoples Temple. Here, Rebecca Moore, who lost three family members in the events in Guyana, offers a framework for U.S. social, cultural, and political history that helps readers to better understand Peoples Temple and its members.

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. • Demonstrates meticulous research by the author, a scholar who has a personal connection to the subject • Provides a comprehensive and balanced view of the entire history of Peoples Temple, with insight from families and the members themselves • Includes a new preface that updates our understanding of events on the 40th anniversary of Jonestown • Shows how Peoples Temple fits into the broader history of black religion in America

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