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American Cosmic

Disciplines:
consciousness
religion/religious studies
uap/ufo/uap
sociology/sociology of belief

Summary

Diana Walsh Pasulka's 2019 book applying the sociology of religion to the UAP phenomenon — arguing that UAP belief exhibits all the features of an emerging religion, including sacred sites, transformation narratives, and a growing belief community.

Core Contribution

Provides the first serious academic analysis of UAP belief as a religious phenomenon — grounded in field research with scientists and intelligence community figures who take UAPs seriously — making the sociology of UAP belief a legitimate academic subject.

Historical Influences

Diana Walsh Pasulka

Intellectual Lineage

Religious Studies Sociology of Religion UAP Research

Allied Works

Passport to Magonia The UFO Experience

Contemporaries & Peers

The PhenomenonUFOs and Nukes

Minds Influenced

UAP academic discourseMW UAP framing

Intellectual Posterity

UAP-as-religion thesis

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