Bibliograph

Heaven's gate, America's UFO religion, Benjamin E. Zeller ; foreword by Robert W. Balch

Type

Label

Heaven's gate, America's UFO religion, Benjamin E. Zeller ; foreword by Robert W. Balch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index

Illustrations

chartsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heaven's gate

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

876883367

Responsibility statement

Benjamin E. Zeller ; foreword by Robert W. Balch

Sub title

America's UFO religion

Summary

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

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America's UFO religionAmerica's unidentified flying object religion

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