Heaven's gate : America's UFO religion /
Benjamin E. Zeller ; foreword by Robert W. Balch.
- xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
The cultural and religious origins of heaven's gate -- The spiritual quest and self-transformation: why people joined heaven's gate -- The religious worldview of heaven's gate -- Understanding heaven's gate's theology -- Religious practices in heaven's gate -- Why suicide?: closing heaven's gate -- Heaven's gate as an American religion.