Heaven's gate: America's UFO religion
The cultural and religious origins of heaven's gate -- The spiritual quest and self-transformation: why people joined heaven's gate -- The religious worldview of heaven's gate -- Understanding heaven's gate's theology -- Religious practices in heaven's gate -- Why suici...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York [u.a.]
New York Univ. Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Heaven's Gate (Corporations)
/ UFO
/ New religion
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| Further subjects: | B
United States
Religion
Verenigde Staten
United States
B Cults United States B Heaven's Gate (Organization) B Religion B Heaven's Gate (Organization) Heaven's Gate (Organization) B Cults |
| Summary: | The cultural and religious origins of heaven's gate -- The spiritual quest and self-transformation: why people joined heaven's gate -- The religious worldview of heaven's gate -- Understanding heaven's gate's theology -- Religious practices in heaven's gate -- Why suicide?: closing heaven's gate -- Heaven's gate as an American religion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 286 S., Ill., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-0381-1 1-4798-0381-2 978-1-4798-8106-2 1-4798-8106-6 |
