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020			_z9781479881062
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050		4	_aBP605.H36 -- .Z45 2014eb
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100	1		_aZeller, Benjamin E.
245	1	0	_aHeaven's Gate : _bAmerica's UFO Religion.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNew York University Press, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (304 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cultural and Religious Origins of Heaven's Gate -- 2. The Spiritual Quest and Self-Transformation: Why People Joined Heaven's Gate -- 3. The Religious Worldview of Heaven's Gate -- 4. Understanding Heaven's Gate's Theology -- 5. Religious Practices in Heaven's Gate -- 6. Why Suicide?: Closing Heaven's Gate -- Afterword: Heaven's Gate as an American Religion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- About the Author.
520			_aIn March 1997, thirty-nine people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation. This act was the culmination of over two decades of spiritual and social development for the members of Heaven's Gate, a religious group focused on transcending humanity and the Earth, and seeking salvation in the literal heavens on board a UFO. In this fascinating overview, Benjamin Zeller not only explores the question of why the members of Heaven's Gate committed ritual suicides, but interrogates the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and its practices. By tracking the development of the history, social structure, and worldview of Heaven's Gate, Zeller draws out the ways in which the movement was both a reflection and a microcosm of larger American culture.The group emerged out of engagement with Evangelical Christianity, the New Age movement, science fiction and UFOs, and conspiracy theories, and it evolved in response to the religious quests of baby boomers, new religions of the counterculture, and the narcissistic pessimism of the 1990s. Thus, Heaven's Gate not only reflects the context of its environment, but also reveals how those forces interacted in the form of a single religious body. In the only book-length study of Heaven's Gate, Zeller traces the roots of the movement, examines its beliefs and practices, and tells the captivating story of the people of Heaven's Gate.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aHeaven''s Gate (Organization).
650		0	_aCults -- United States.
650		0	_aUnited States -- Religion.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aZeller, Benjamin E.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aZeller, Benjamin E. _tHeaven's Gate _dNew York : New York University Press,c2014 _z9781479881062
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1820928 _zClick to View
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