Gods Have Landed

New Religions from Other Worlds

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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A comprehensive account of the religious dimensions of the UFO/flying saucer experienceThe Gods Have Landed is a comprehensive account of the religious dimension of the UFO/flying saucer experience. It examines the religious meanings attached to UFOs by the larger society as well as specific movements that claim inspiration from "Space Brothers" and other extra-terrestrial sources. It addresses the religious dimension of the phenomenon of alien abductions, particularly the impact of extra-terrestrial life on Christian theology.Of special interest are the surveys of primary and secondary materials that make this book the indispensable reference on the subject.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-03-09
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor360
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791423301

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Contactees: A SurveyJ. Gordon Melton 2. Religious Dimensions of UFO PhenomenaJohn A. Saliba 3. Religious Dimensions of the UFO Abductee ExperienceJohn Whitmore 4. Unarius: Emergent Aspects of an American Flying Saucer GroupDiana Tumminia and R. George Kirkpatrick 5. Women in the Raelian Movement: New Religious Experiments in Gender and AuthoritySusan Jean Palmer 6. Waiting for the Ships: Disillusionment and the Revitalization of Faith in Bo and Peep's UFO CultRobert W. Balch 7. Spiritualism and UFO Religion in New Zealand: The International Transmission of Modern Spiritual MovementsRobert S. Ellwood 8. Exo-Theology: Speculations on Extraterrestrial LifeTed Peters 9. UFO Contactee Phenomena from a Sociopsychological Perspective: A ReviewJohn A. Saliba 10. The Flying Saucer Contactee Movement, 1950-1994: A BibliographyJ. Gordon Melton and George M. Eberhart Index

"The whole idea of taking seriously, in a scholarly sense, a phenomenon that has a widespread following but has so far been largely scorned by serious scholars is quite appealing; it means that this book is breaking new and important ground." — Timothy Miller, University of Kansas"It provokes interesting intersections with ancient and modern religious ideas. Its strength is in taking the religious dimension of UFOs and abductees' experiences seriously. I particularly like its historical framework and the extensive bibliography." — David Christopher Lane, Mount San Antonio College