Peoples Temple: References & Edit History

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Added material about founding, historical context, and theology. Aug 06, 2026
Invalidated site: PBS - American Experience - Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Jun 09, 2026
Add new Web site: Digital Collections at Suffolk - The People of the Peoples Temple (PDF). Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - The People's Temple, on Stage. Dec 08, 2025
Add new Web site: St. Francis Xavier University - Peoples Temple (PDF). Apr 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Eastern Illinois University - The Keep - Jonestown, Paradise Lost: An Investigation of Jim Jones and the People�s Temple (PDF). Feb 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Unitarian Universalist Association - Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Christianity.com - What Was the Peoples Temple? Jul 08, 2023
Added a cross-reference to cult. Feb 22, 2023
Add new Web site: World Religious and Spirituality Project - Peoples Temple. Jan 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Encyclopedia of Religion And Society - Peoples Temple. Jul 03, 2020
Added photographs. Jun 24, 2011
Added new Web site: Religious Tolerance - People's Temple. Mar 24, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Mar 24, 2008
Added new Web site: Connecticut College - People's Temple. Mar 24, 2008
New article added. Nov 10, 2000
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