The Gods Have Landed (SUNY Series in Religious Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791423301 ISBN 13: 9780791423301

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1995

Synopsis

This is a comprehensive account of the religious dimensions of the UFO/flying saucer experience.

The Gods Have Landed is a comprehensive account of the religious dimension of the UFO/flying saucer experience. It examines the religious meanings attached to UFOs by the larger society as well as specific movements that claim inspiration from "Space Brothers" and other extra-terrestrial sources. It addresses the religious dimension of the phenomenon of alien abductions, particularly the impact of extra-terrestrial life on Christian theology.

Of special interest are the surveys of primary and secondary materials that make this book the indispensable reference on the subject.

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Review:

The respected psychoanalyst, Jung pointed out many years ago that we had lost the ability to believe in salvation through a deity. In this age of doubt, when miracles are scarce, where will we, as a race, find our salvation? The interdisciplinary essays in The Gods Have Landed attempt to answer this question by exploring the UFO sighting/abduction phenomenon as a 20th-century religious experience. Even if you don't believe that reports of UFO abduction are true, this book will prove fascinating to anyone with an interest in UFOlogy, sociology, psychology or religious studies.

About the Author:

James R. Lewis is Senior Editor for the Center for Academic Publication and Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for the Study of American Religion. He is co-editor of Perspectives on the New Age, also published by SUNY Press, and editor of Syzygy: Journal of Alternative Religion and Culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0791423301
• ISBN 13: 9780791423301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Lewis James R.