“Verbal Orders Don't Go—Write It!”: Building and Maintaining the Promised Land

Peoples Temple achieved impressive objectives as an organization, the most impressive of which was establishing and maintaining an agricultural community—the Promised Land—in the remote jungle of Guyana. An activity theory analysis of work oriented to the Promised Land reveals that texts—everyday ge...

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Main Author: Shearer, Heather (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press [2018]
In: Nova religio
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 65-92
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Peoples Temple / Organization / Administration / Note
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Peoples Temple
B activity theory
B social possibilities
B Genre
B Organizational Communication
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