Heaven's gate : America's UFO religion
Benjamin E. Zeller (Author)
In 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. The author explores the question of why the members of Heaven's Gate committed ritual suicides, and examines the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and practices
Electronic book
1 online resource
9781479825394, 9781479811137, 1479825395, 1479811130
891589634
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
English
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