Bounded Choice [electronic resource] : True Believers and Charismatic Cults
Lalich, Janja.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2004.
Heaven's Gate, a secretive group of celibate ""monks"" awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide. As a way of understanding such perplexing events, many have seen those who join cults as needy, lost souls, unable to think for themselves.
Description based upon print version of record.
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Cults and True Believers; part one: Heaven's Gate; part two: The Democratic Workers Party; part three: Theoretical Perspective; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Heaven's Gate, a secretive group of celibate ""monks"" awaiting pickup by a UFO, captured intense public attention in 1997 when its members committed collective suicide. As a way of understanding such perplexing events, many have seen those who join cults as needy, lost souls, unable to think for themselves.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Heaven's Gate (Organization)
Democratic Workers Party (San Francisco, Calif.)
Cults.
Heaven's Gate (Organization).