Divine Materiality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199883 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Holly Folk (Holly Folk, 24, Liberal Studies - MS 9064, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225. Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 15-39 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2018.22.2.15 |
| OpenAlex | W2896407255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article uses archival research and personal interviews with former Peoples Temple members to explore the related ideas of incarnation and reincarnation—divine materiality—as developed and taught by Jim Jones in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Peoples Temple. Jones was combinative in his understanding of his own incarnation and belief in reincarnation. He borrowed from faith healers, incorporated ideas from both New Thought and Asian religions, and found biblical justifications for his theology. Peoples Temple members accepted a variety of theological options, in what I have termed “experiential pluralism,” to indicate the lack of a monolithic belief system. Despite this experiential pluralism, however, reincarnation theology knit Peoples Temple members together into a community
Aesthetics · Art · Bricolage · Epistemology · Experiential learning · Faith · Incarnation · Literature · Mysticism · Reincarnation · Religious pluralism · Sociology · Theology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |