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2015 Best Book Award from the Communal Studies Association The
captivating story of the people 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 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. 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 its people.
Clothing, dress, and ornamentation are crucial parts of individual
and communal religious life and practice, yet they are too often
overlooked. This book convenes leading scholars to explore the
roles of attire and adornment in the creation and communication of
religious meaning, identity, and community. Contributors
investigate aspects of religious dress in North America in the
nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, considering
adornment practices in a wide range of religious traditions and
among individuals who straddle religious boundaries. The collection
is organized around four frameworks for understanding the material
culture of religion: theological interpretation, identity
formation, negotiation of tradition, and activism. Religion,
Attire, and Adornment in North America features essays on topics
such as Black Israelites' use of African fabrics, Christian
religious tattoos, Wiccan ritual nudity, Amish "plain dress,"
Mormon sacred garments, Hare Krishna robes, and the Church of Body
Modification. Spanning the diversity of religious practice and
expression, this book is suitable for a range of undergraduate
courses and offers new insights for scholars in many disciplines.
Clothing, dress, and ornamentation are crucial parts of individual
and communal religious life and practice, yet they are too often
overlooked. This book convenes leading scholars to explore the
roles of attire and adornment in the creation and communication of
religious meaning, identity, and community. Contributors
investigate aspects of religious dress in North America in the
nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries, considering
adornment practices in a wide range of religious traditions and
among individuals who straddle religious boundaries. The collection
is organized around four frameworks for understanding the material
culture of religion: theological interpretation, identity
formation, negotiation of tradition, and activism. Religion,
Attire, and Adornment in North America features essays on topics
such as Black Israelites' use of African fabrics, Christian
religious tattoos, Wiccan ritual nudity, Amish "plain dress,"
Mormon sacred garments, Hare Krishna robes, and the Church of Body
Modification. Spanning the diversity of religious practice and
expression, this book is suitable for a range of undergraduate
courses and offers new insights for scholars in many disciplines.
By the twentieth century, science had become so important that
religious traditions had to respond to it. Emerging religions,
still led by a living founder to guide them, responded with a
clarity and focus that illuminates other larger, more established
religions' understandings of science. The Hare Krishnas, the
Unification Church, and Heaven's Gate each found distinct ways to
incorporate major findings of modern American science,
understanding it as central to their wider theological and social
agendas. In tracing the development of these new religious
movements' viewpoints on science during each movement's founding
period, we can discern how their views on science were crafted over
time. These NRMs shed light on how religious groups--new, old,
alternative, or mainstream--could respond to the tremendous growth
of power and prestige of science in late twentieth-century
America.
In this engrossing book, Zeller carefully shows that religious
groups had several methods of creatively responding to science, and
that the often-assumed conflict-based model of "science vs.
religion" must be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of how
religions operate in our modern scientific world.
The way in which religious people eat reflects not only their
understanding of food and religious practice but also their
conception of society and their place within it. This anthology
considers theological foodways, identity foodways, negotiated
foodways, and activist foodways in the United States, Canada, and
the Caribbean. Original essays explore the role of food and eating
in defining theologies and belief structures, creating personal and
collective identities, establishing and challenging boundaries and
borders, and helping to negotiate issues of community, religion,
race, and nationality.
Contributors consider food practices and beliefs among
Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists, as well as members of new
religious movements, Afro-Caribbean religions, interfaith families,
and individuals who consider food itself a religion. They traverse
a range of geographic regions, from the Southern Appalachian
Mountains to North America's urban centers, and span historical
periods from the colonial era to the present. These essays contain
a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives,
emphasizing the embeddedness of food and eating practices within
specific religions and the embeddedness of religion within society
and culture. The volume makes an excellent resource for scholars
hoping to add greater depth to their research and for instructors
seeking a thematically rich, vivid, and relevant tool for the
classroom.
Now available in paperback, The Bloomsbury Companion to New
Religious Movements surveys key themes such as charismatic
leadership, conversion and brainwashing, prophecy and
millennialism, violence and suicide, gender and sexuality, legal
issues, and the portrayal of New Religious Movements by the media
and anti-cult organizations. Several categories of new religions
receive special attention, including African new religions,
Japanese new religions, Mormons, and UFO religions. This guide to
New Religious Movements and their study brings together 29
world-class international scholars, and serves as a resource to
students and researchers. The volume highlights the current state
of academic study in the field, and explores areas in which future
research might develop. Clearly and accessibly organised to help
users quickly locate key information and analysis, the book
includes an A to Z of key terms, extensive guides to further
resources, a comprehensive bibliography, and a timeline of major
developments in the field such as the emergence of new groups,
publications, legal decisions, and historical events.
Das Buch stellt OBERON-Programmierwissen kompakt und ubersichtlich
dar. Es dient als Kurzleitfaden wie auch als Nachschlagewerk und
zeichnet sich durch hohe Verstandlichkeit aus. Vermittelt werden in
relativ kurzer Zeit weit gehende Kenntnisse bei der selbststandigen
Programmierung, so dass es besonders fur Einsteiger in OBERON
geeignet ist. Durch die Behandlung der Grundlagen, wie
Programmierung mit OBERON-3, der Grundelemente der
OBERON-Programme, der Textverarbeitung sowie der
Grafikprogrammierung durch OBERON-3, und ihrer Anwendung in der
Praxis anhand von Programmbeispielen erhalt der Leser ein
fundiertes und anwendbares Wissen. Die Beispielorientierung findet
ihren Niederschlag in 69 Programmen.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1870 Edition.
2015 Best Book Award from the Communal Studies Association The
captivating story of the people 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 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. 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 its people.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1885 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1897 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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