{"product_id":"ufo-religions-9780415263245","title":"UFO Religions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUFO Religions\u003c\/i\u003e critically examines some of the fascinating issues surrounding UFO worship and gives a clear profile of modern UFO controversies and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This well-researched book cuts through the nuts and bolts pseudo-scientific posturings of UFO believers over the past fifty-odd years and clearly demonstrates that belief in UFOs is motivated and sustained by the religious impulse'.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A well-documented work, on a little-known subject.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eBulletin Bibliographique\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors  Acknowledgements  Foreword  INTRODUCTION 1. Understanding UFO Religions and Abduction Spiritualities  PART ONE OBERSERVING RELIGIONS 2. Scientific Creationism: A Study of the Raelian Church  3. When the Archangel Died: From Revelation to Routinization of Charisma in Unarius 4. Opening a channel to the stars: the Origins and Development of the Aethrius Society  5. Legitimating Suicide: Heaven's Gate and New Age Ideology  6. The URANTIA Book  7. Ansaru Allah Community  8. From Extraterrestrials to Ultraterrestrials: the Evolution of the concept of Ashtar  9. UFO Faith and Ufological Discourses in Germany  10. The Finnish UFO Tradition, 1947-1994  PART TWO UNDERSTANDING NARRATIVES 11. UFO Religions as Cargo Cults  12. Alien Doubts: Reading Abduction Narratives Post-apocalyptically 13. UFO Beliefs as Syncretistic Components 14. Apocalyptic and Millenarian Aspects of American UFOism 15. Attitudes Toward Religion and Science in the UFO Movement in the United States 16. Jung on UFOs 17. The Psychology of UFO Phenomena","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018124427607,"sku":"9780415263245","price":48.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415263245.jpg?v=1750775715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ufo-religions-9780415263245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}