Bøger af Benjamin E. Zeller

By tracking the development of the history, social structure, and worldview of Heaven's Gate, this book draws out the ways in which the movement was both a reflection and a microcosm of larger American culture.

Shows that religious groups had several methods of creatively responding to science, and that the often-assumed conflict-based model of 'science versus religion' must be replaced by a more nuanced understanding of how religions operate in our modern scientific world.