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The book was written by a religious historian and discussed the Heaven's Gate cult, including their beliefs, history, and the events leading up to their mass suicide.
We're joined by Benjamin E. Zeller, Associate Professor of Religion at Lake Forest College and author of the book Heaven's Gate, America's UFO Religion.
— Episode: Episode 86
Episode: Episode 86
The book was written by a religious historian and discussed the Heaven's Gate cult, including their beliefs, history, and the events leading up to their mass suicide.
We're joined by Benjamin E. Zeller, Associate Professor of Religion at Lake Forest College and author of the book Heaven's Gate, America's UFO Religion.
So I can tell you, sir, my perspective is I work from the perspective of an American religious historian. So I study everything from the foundations of the religious culture here with the Puritans and the Pilgrims and such to contemporary new religious movements and everything in between. So for me, Heaven's Gate, while it's a fascinating story and while the sort of the strangeness of all the sort of events surrounding suicide are in and of themselves interesting, I see it as part of an unfolding story of American religious history.
and he wrote the book Heaven's Gate America's UFO Religion.
we'll link to his book in the show notes it's called Heaven's Gate America's UFO Religion
