{"product_id":"american-cosmic-ufos-religion-technology-hardcover","title":"American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. W. Pasulka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. \u003cem\u003eAmerican Cosmic \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of a six-year ethnographic study, D.W. Pasulka interviewed successful and influential scientists, professionals, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who believe in extraterrestrial intelligence, thereby disproving the common misconception that only fringe members of society believe in UFOs. She argues that widespread belief in aliens is due to a number of factors including their ubiquity in modern media like \u003cem\u003eThe X-Files\u003c\/em\u003e, which can influence memory, and the believability lent to that media by the search for planets that might support life. \u003cem\u003eAmerican Cosmic\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intriguing question of how people interpret unexplainable experiences, and argues that the media is replacing religion as a cultural authority that offers believers answers about non-human intelligent life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eD.W. Pasulka\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Her current research focuses on religious and supernatural belief and practice and its connections to digital technologies and environments. She is the author and co-editor of numerous books and essays, the most recent of which are Believing in Bits: \u003cem\u003eNew Media and the Supernatural, \u003c\/em\u003e co-edited with Simone Natalie and forthcoming from Oxford University Press, and \u003cem\u003ePosthumanism: the Future of Homo Sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, co-edited with Michael Bess (2018). She is also a history and religion consultant for movies and television, including \u003cem\u003eThe Conjuring \u003c\/em\u003e(2013) and \u003cem\u003eThe Conjuring II\u003c\/em\u003e (2016). She has been the principal investigator for numerous grants, including the Federal grant program Teaching American History, which supported middle school and high school teachers in their efforts to teach religious and American history to public school students throughout\u003cbr\u003eNorth Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52423763951921,"sku":"9780190692889","price":38.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/QURodXQ0VCtnS1ZZVFdIbEdHRGpxUT09.webp?v=1769248514","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/american-cosmic-ufos-religion-technology-hardcover","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}