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Mass suicide and Rev. Moon
All the bodies were returned to the United States; most were claimed by relatives, while more than four hundred unidentified persons were buried in a mass grave in Oakland, California. Jones himself was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
All the bodies were returned to the United States; most were claimed by relatives, while more than four hundred unidentified persons were buried in a mass grave in Oakland, California. Jones himself was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
==Repercussions==
Popular consciousness in America likened the Jim Jones cult to other, more ordinary [[new religious movements]] (NRM). For example, people thought members of the Unification Church of Rev. Moon might also commit mass suicide.
==References==
==References==