Spiritual Siblings

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20199595
AutoresKristian Klippenstein (Kristian Klippenstein, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, 400 Arts and Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E6, Canada. Email: [email protected], autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen22
Número2
Páginas40-64
Fecha de publicación2018-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480
EditorialProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/nr.2018.22.2.40
OpenAlexW2897834790
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas13

For years after Peoples Temple ceased to exist, both scholars and the public debated the Temple’s status as a new religious movement. These debates left out an important perspective: Jim Jones’ own evaluation of the Temple’s relation to new religions. This article uses Doug McAdam’s work on social movement formation to organize Jones’ commentary on new religions. Expanding Stephen Kent’s concept of spiritual kinship lineage, this article argues that Jones identified the same political changes as giving rise to, as well as contesting, both Peoples Temple and various new religious movements. By identifying this plethora of reactions to the same political cause, Jones legitimated the Temple’s worldview and subsequent mobilization. Moreover, Jones leveraged this kinship to avail himself of the variety of strategies utilized by these groups while pointing out their doctrinal, organizational, and political flaws, thus asserting the Temple’s superiority in the process

Art · Environmental ethics · Kinship · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Religious Tourism and Spaces