Alien worlds: Social and religious dimensions of extraterrestrial contact

Introduction / Diana G. Tumminia -- Part I: Contactee religions -- Hagiography and text in the aetherius society : aspects of the social construction of a religious leader / Mikael Rothstein -- The odyssey of Sister Thedra / Jerome Clark -- Galactic messenger : overview of the universal industrial c...

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Contributors: Tumminia, Diana G. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Syracuse, N.Y Syracuse University Press 2007
In:Year: 2007
Reviews:Alien Worlds: Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact (2009) (Jindra, Ines W.)
Edition:1. ed.
Series/Journal:Religion and politics
Further subjects:B Alien abduction
B Human-alien encounters Religious aspects
B Human-alien encounters Social aspects

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