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  • Brenda Denzler
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The Lure of the Edge
This chapter is in the book The Lure of the Edge
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. 1. A Short History of the UFO Myth 1
  6. 2. A Short History of Alien Encounters 34
  7. 3. Ufology: On the Cutting Edge or the Fringe of Science? 68
  8. 4. Ufology and the Imaginal 103
  9. 5. Ufology, God-Talk, and Theology 124
  10. Afterword. Final Thoughts on Science, Religion, and UFOs 155
  11. Appendix. A Picture of the UFO Community 161
  12. Notes 179
  13. Bibliography 243
  14. Index 287
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520930278-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Acknowledgments xi
  4. Introduction xiii
  5. 1. A Short History of the UFO Myth 1
  6. 2. A Short History of Alien Encounters 34
  7. 3. Ufology: On the Cutting Edge or the Fringe of Science? 68
  8. 4. Ufology and the Imaginal 103
  9. 5. Ufology, God-Talk, and Theology 124
  10. Afterword. Final Thoughts on Science, Religion, and UFOs 155
  11. Appendix. A Picture of the UFO Community 161
  12. Notes 179
  13. Bibliography 243
  14. Index 287
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