Mary McCormick Maaga received her PhD with distinction from Drew University where she was invited to study as the Shirley Sugarman Scholar in Religion and Society. She lectured at the University of Stirling, Scotland, in the fields of new religions, women and religion, and anthropology of religion. Dr. Maaga is an Elder in Full Connection in the United Methodist Church, currently serving a local Church in Tulare, California.
Extremely provocative and certainly an indispensable source.--
"Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion"
Maaga's penetrating portrait of the Jonestown event will leave
readers asking 'How different am I from those who died at
Jonestown?'-- "Publishers Weekly"
Maaga's work makes an important contribution to our understanding
of the Peoples Temple community and the complex social dynamics
that, in her reading, led inexorably toward mass suicide/murder.--
"American Historical Review"
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