Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion

by Benjamin E. Zeller

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479881066
• ISBN13: 9781479881062
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 9.3"