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The Handbook of UFO Religions, edited by esteemed scholar of new religions Benjamin E. Zeller, offers the most expansive and detailed study of the persistent, popular, and global phenomenon of religious engagements with ideas about extraterrestrial life. The present work considers not only new religions founded on ideas about extraterrestrials and UFOs, but how those within more mainstream religions have responded to the science, scientific speculation, and popular culture involving extraterrestrials, UFOs, and related concepts. Global in reach, it includes chapters considering South and East Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and draws on several interdisciplinary methods. In addition, the handbook traces connections between UFO religiosity and cultural patterns such as science and scientism, esoterism and occultism, millennialism, and popular culture.

Unidentified flying object cults. --- UFO religions --- extraterrestrial life --- mainstream religions --- science --- scientific speculation --- popular culture involving extraterrestrials --- South and East Asia --- Europe --- North and South America --- UFO religiosity and cultural patterns --- science and scientism --- esoterism --- occultism --- millennialism --- popular culture --- Raëlian Movement --- raelianism --- Raëlism --- Raël --- Kofuku no Kagaku (幸福の科学) --- Japan --- Japanese new religious movements --- Happy Science (幸福の科学, Kōfuku-no-Kagaku) --- Valley of the Dawn (Vale do Amanhecer) --- Aetherius Society --- scientology --- Heaven's Gate --- Unarius Academy of Science --- United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors --- Brotherhood of the Sun (Sunburst Farms) --- Norman Paulsen (1929-2006) --- Hollow Earth Theory --- Mauro Biglino --- hinduism --- Vimanas (flying chariots) --- aliens --- ancient alien mythology --- alien abductions --- Eleanor Kirk (1831-1908)