- Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple
Offers personal and scholarly perspectives on the Peoples Temple and the events in Jonestown on November 18, 1978. Includes special articles written for the 25th anniversary.
jonestown.sdsu.edu
- People's Temple (Jim Jones)
Profile of the cult and summary of the theories surrounding the murder/suicide of over 900 people of its members. From Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
www.religioustolerance.org/dc_jones.htm
- NPR: Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown
Includes the 1981 radio documentary by Noah Adams and James Reston, Jr., plus Adams' 1999 interview with Deborah Layton.
www.npr.org/programs/specials/jonestown.html
- San Francisco Chronicle: Jonestown
Series of articles describing Jim Jones' influence in mid-1970s San Francisco, survivors' memories, and more.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/11/12/MN855...
- Crime Library: The Jonestown Massacre
Explores the people, events, and lingering suspicions surrounding the deaths of 913 people at Jonestown in 1978.
www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/jonestown/index_1.html
- Jonestown
Frank E. Smitha describes Jim Jones' youth, the establishment of his People's Temple, and the end at Jonestown.
www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch30.htm
- Made in San Francisco
Argues that Bay Area politicians defended Jim Jones in exchange for money and votes.
www.brasscheck.com/jonestown
- Making Sense of the Nonsensical: An Analysis of Jonestown
Describes the elements of conformity, persuasion, and self-justification that enforced Jim Jones' control over the members of the People's Temple.
www.cultbuster.faithweb.com/jimjones.htm
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