American-born South African scholar of religion (born 1952)

American sacred space / David Chidester and Edward T. Linenthal, editors.

Salvation and suicide : Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown / David Chidester.

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David Chidester

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American sacred space / David Chidester and Edward T. Linenthal, editors.

Salvation and suicide : Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and Jonestown / David Chidester.