Rebecca Moore

Rebecca Moore is Emerita Professor of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. One of her research specialties is new religious movements. She co-edited "Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America" (Indiana 2004) and authored "Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple" (Praeger 2009, paperback revision 2018). "Beyond Brainwashing: Perspectives on Cultic Violence" came out in 2018 (Cambridge University Press) and "Peoples Temple and Jonestown in the Twenty-First Century" is forthcoming (Cambridge University Press 2022).

Moore also specializes in the history of Christianity. "Voices of Christianity: A Global Introduction" (McGraw-Hill 2005; rev. ed. Herder and Herder 2018) is a text-reader for college courses. "Women in Christian Traditions" (NYU Press 2015) offers a feminist analysis of the role women have played in the development of Christianity. Moore has also published in the field of Jewish and Christian Relations. "Jewish and Christian Relations in the Life and Thought of Hugh of St. Victor" (Scholars Press 1998) examines the debt medieval Christian theologians had to Jewish biblical commentary. She co-authored the book "A Portable God: The Origin of Judaism and Christianity" (Rowman and Littlefield 2007). Her most recent book is "A Blessing to Each Other: A New Account of Jewish and Christian Relations" (Herder and Herder 2021).