{"id":102258,"date":"2020-09-16T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102258"},"modified":"2020-10-02T15:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:38:45","slug":"a-jonestown-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=102258","title":{"rendered":"A Jonestown Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood<\/strong><\/a> is a Baptist pastor, theologian and activist living and working in North Carolina. In 2020, he published a ten-volume collection of Jim Jones’ sermons<\/a>. He has also produced three volumes of commentary in the last three years.<\/p>\n

The three volumes include:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Slaughter of God: Theologies from Jonestown<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of publication: June 28, 2017<\/p>\n

On November 18, 1978, over 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana. Some perished willingly and others did not. Regardless of the means, Rev. Jim Jones was the killer. Though evil reigned, the community did not die alone. God was there. In this exegesis of their last words, you will discover a faint light. It will guide you home<\/p>\n

Excerpt<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The last words the people of Jonestown ever heard were recorded.\u00a0 The Rev. Jim Jones’ words are beyond disturbing.\u00a0 Evil resonates with every syllable.\u00a0 Even in the midst of the terror, I refused to believe that God was absent.\u00a0 Knowing that God is found in times of death, I’ve decided to seek the divine in the last words Jonestown ever heard.\u00a0\u00a0 In these words of death, may there be something for us.\u00a0 This is not about Jim Jones.\u00a0 This is a search for God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Systematic Theology\/Shit: Revelations from Jonestown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of publication:\u00a0March 12, 2020<\/p>\n

Jim Jones committed evil. The people of Jonestown committed evil. Surely that’s not the end of the story? God is bigger.<\/p>\n

Excerpt<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Music is a baptism.\u00a0 We begin.\u00a0 We start to move.\u00a0 We go down.\u00a0 We come up.\u00a0 We move.\u00a0 We shake.\u00a0 We quake.\u00a0 Nothing can stop us.\u00a0 “Something’s got a hold on me…”\u00a0 After communion, I shouted that I was ready to be baptized.\u00a0 Though I didn’t know what I was being baptized into, I knew that water called me there.\u00a0 The face tried to stop me.\u00a0 “There was no stopping me now.”\u00a0 I slowly walked down the steps.\u00a0 I knew the water and the water knew me.\u00a0 God was there.\u00a0 I waded for a bit.\u00a0 The music played.\u00a0 I could feel it in my soul.\u00a0 I knew something beyond and something beyond knew me.\u00a0 I looked at the face.\u00a0 I wasn’t going to let that face keep me from meeting God.\u00a0 In spite of that face, something happened.\u00a0 The roof opened up and love fell on me.\u00a0 Love upon love upon love.\u00a0 I didn’t know if it was touching anyone else.\u00a0 I just knew it was touching me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Five Visions of Jim Jones\/Jonestown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of publication:\u00a0March 14, 2020<\/p>\n

Five visions. Five Jim Joneses. Five Jonestowns. Phenomenology \/ Healing & Rev. Jim Jones. The Resurrection of Jonestown. Microphones Ain\u2019t Antennas. Dreams and Nightmares: Prayers to the Father. God is not silent. Five liberations? Five salvations? Five?<\/p>\n

Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnother\u00a0one, gone.\u201d
\n\u2013 Rev. Jim Jones, Q919<\/p>\n

I examined her hand very closely. There was no cyst. There was no question that she believed. There was no doubt that everybody else did too. Did belief make it real? I don\u2019t know. I\u00a0do\u00a0know it felt real to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood is a Baptist pastor, theologian and activist living and working in North Carolina. In 2020, he published a ten-volume collection of Jim Jones’ sermons. He has also produced three volumes of commentary in the last three years. The three volumes include: The Slaughter of God: Theologies from Jonestown\u00a0 Date of publication: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":102488,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102258","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102258"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102269,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102258\/revisions\/102269"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}