At this point in the course, we have examined religious marketplace theory, typologies of new religious movements (NRMs), case studies of new religious movements, watched a documentary on Jonestown and The People’s Temple, as well as, read Julia Scheere’s A Thousand Lives. To add to this, we examined modernity and some responses to why religion continues in the modern world.

We will have one last assignment that incorporates all of the facets that we’ve discussed thus far.

In this assignment, you are to utilize your knowledge gained thus far for a practical means of application – you will be designing a hypothetical smartphone app for Jonestown. Now, this is retroactive in the sense that Jonestown ended in the later 1970s so smartphone technologies did not exist. That’s okay though, it’s hypothetical. What kind of smartphone application could Jonestown utilize? What problems did they have? What solutions can be offered through a smartphone application?

Do not create a Facebook, Twitter, social media, or social connection application. This is too obvious and easy. Instead, be creative and entrepreneurial.

You will need to make a presentation that will be graded on creativity, feasibility, utility, and inclusion of course content. I’d recommend creating a google slides, then downloading it as a .ppt (PowerPoint) or .pdf to upload for this assignment.

The presentation should consist of the following slides:

Slide 1 – Title Slide

Slide 2 – Introduction to Jonestown (use one of the theories or typologies that we’ve discussed to make it sound smart) (Use A citation from A Thousand Lives and one theory from lectures since Spring Break)

Slide 3 – Jonestown Problem (that app with address) (Include a Citation from A Thousand Lives)

Slide 4 – Smartphone App (that offers a solution to the problem)

Slide 5 – Explain why this app will be adopted and used by Jonestown members (Use citation from book and theory from lectures since Spring Break).

Slide 6 – Summary (with a MLA format citations of all references)

-documentary on Jonestown and The People’s Temple

– Lecture video (https://asu.zoom.us/rec/play/65MvJbqtrD83EoeSswSDU…)

– A Review of Julia Scheeres’ A Thousand Lives book (https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=34239)

Not you must use the 3 sources.