Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion
Descarga y escucha en cualquier lugar
Descarga tus episodios favoritos y disfrútalos, ¡dondequiera que estés! Regístrate o inicia sesión ahora para acceder a la escucha sin conexión.
Capítulos
Descripción
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. This act was...
mostra másIn 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
Información
Autor | The Opperman Report |
Página web | - |
Etiquetas |
Copyright 2024 - Spreaker Inc. an iHeartMedia Company