Aliens adored : Raël's UFO religion

Book 2004

Sociologist Susan J. Palmer has studied the Raelian movement for more than a decade, observing meetings and rituals, and enjoying unprecedented access to the group's leaders as well as to its rank-and-file members. In Aliens Adored she provides a thorough analysis of the movement, focusing on issues of sexuality, millennarianism, and the impact of the scientific worldview on religion and the environment. Palmer traces Rael's philosophy and the fo...

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Human-alien encounters Religious aspects

Raelian Movement

Raël

Unidentified flying object cults

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ISBN:

9780813534763
9780813534756
0813534763
0813534755

Description:

226 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index

Contents:

Introduction: How I researched the Raelians
Contactee prophets in the history of Ufology
The last and fastest prophet
On how to construct a new religion
Mutating the millennium
A visit to the court of Raël
Sexy angels for amorous aliens
"Enemies within!"
Cloning around-hoax or heresy?
"Science is our religion"

LCCN:

2004000305

Control Number:

3269204

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