{"product_id":"9783032267085","title":"Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities: Exploring Expected Effects and Anxieties","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities: Exploring Expected Effects and Anxieties\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eOviedo, Lluis; Szocik, Konrad\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis volume explores the human dimension of a potential encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI). Assuming that contact with extraterrestrial life is possible, it examines how such an event could affect culture, education, ethics, politics, and systems of belief, including religion. The book also considers what policies and strategies for communication with extraterrestrial life might look like, while addressing the broader intellectual, social, and existential challenges such an encounter could raise. Bringing together interdisciplinary contributions, it offers both theoretical reflection and empirical research on people’s beliefs about ETIs, as well as their expectations, hopes, and fears. The volume will be of interest to scholars working on religion, culture, and the wider human implications of possible contact with extraterrestrial life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-12-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032267085\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47692008030348,"sku":"9783032267085","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032267085","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}