Articles by Karen Stroup, Ph. D.
  
 




Karen Stroup is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the denomination of which Peoples Temple was a part. Also a scholar, she received her Ph.D. in religion and psychology from Vanderbilt University. She has researched and published on new religious movements and ways to understand them rather than “diagnosing” them. She may be reached at klstroup@comcast.net.

Acting as a Christian, Not as God: The Inclusion of Jim Jones' Name (2011) NEW

Using Peoples Temple to Tell a Story: Jim Jones in Three Novels (2010)

Nearing the Center: Successive Waves of Jonestown Scholarship (2005)

Jonestown And Disciple-Dom: Effects On A Denomination (2008)

Could It Happen Again? (2007)