"In the summer of 1947 something mysterious crashed in the New Mexican desert near the town of Roswell. Whether it was an alien spacecraft manned by tiny humanlike beings or the US government's official explanation a scientific research balloon has long been a subject of passionate debate. Transcending the believer-versus-skeptic debate, anthropologists Benson Saler and Charles A. Ziegler contend that the Roswell story is best understood ..."
Conceptualizing Religion(Updated) Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories by BensonSaler Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 1999 by Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 978-1-57181-219-3, ISBN: 1-57181-219-9
""In this study, the author displays an astonishing knowledge of the field, an outstanding command of the literature and a most remarkable width of scope." · The Journal of Indo-European Studies "... a timely and useful addition to current discussions on the topic." · American Anthropologist "This is the best book on conceptualizing religion that I have come across for many years. All issues related to the definition of religion are ..."
"... 176 Roswell Declaration, 67-68 Roswell Incident, x-xi; analysis of debris, 108-
13; debris that led to, 6, 8-9; government expenditure on researching, 161-62;
location of debris, 105; as most important UFO case to UFO community, x;
possible cover story used to mislead press about, 11, 12; scholarly image of, 153-
56, 159-60; source of debris, 175-80 Roswell Incident, The, 62-63, 175, 177. See
also Berlitz, Charles; Moore, William ..."
"The "Roswell Incident" refers to an event that supposedly happened in July, 1947, wherein the Army Air Forces (AAF) allegedly recovered remains of a crashed "flying disc" near Roswell, New Mexico This is the full report, which is almost almost 1000 pages in length."
Understanding Religion(1st Edition) Selected Essays (Religion and Reason) by BensonSaler Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2009 by Walter De Gruyter ISBN-13: 978-3-11-021865-7, ISBN: 3-11-021865-8
"They do not, however, systematically map the great diversity of subject matters in
what Edward Burnett Tylor terms “Religion in all its bearings” (Tylor 1958 II: 445,
1871). That is not because I deem it unnecessary to examine religion as broadly (
as well as deeply) as possible. Rather, it is because religion is so complex that
no one student is likely to be able to describe and discuss it “in all its bearings.” If,
however, we are ..."
Conceptualizing Religion Immanent Anthropologists, Transcendent Natives, and Unbounded Categories (Studies in the History of Religions) (Studies in the History of Religions, Supplements to Numen) by BensonSaler, Esther Jacobson Hardcover, 292 Pages, Published 1993 by Brill ISBN-13: 978-90-04-09585-4, ISBN: 90-04-09585-3
"Bryan R. Wilson, 62-77. Oxford: ... 10, ed. Thomas A. Sebok. ... Anthropology as
Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences. Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press. Marett, Robert Ranulph. ... Folk and Universal
Religion. ... In The Psychology of Computer Vision, ed. ... Religion and Culture as
Meaning Systems: A Dialogue between Geertz and Tillich. ... Murray, David W.
1989."
Religion and Reason Understanding Religion : Selected Essays 48 by BensonSaler Hardcover, 246 Pages, Published 2009 by Walter De Gruyter & Co ISBN-13: 978-3-11-173207-7, ISBN: 3-11-173207-X
"This volume consists of 12 essays published by the author between the years 1997-2007, a thirteenth paper read at a conference in 2006, and a long introduction prepared specifically for the collection. All of the essays deal with epistemological issues attendant on conceptualizing and defining religion, understanding what is likely to be involved in studying and discussing beliefs, and attempting to explain religion and religions by dra ..."
Religion and Reason(1st Edition) Understanding Religion : Selected Essays 48 by BensonSaler Digital, 220 Pages, Published 2009 by Walter De Gruyter Inc ISBN-13: 978-3-11-021866-4, ISBN: 3-11-021866-6
"This volume consists of 12 essays published by the author between the years 1997-2007, a thirteenth paper read at a conference in 2006, and a long introduction prepared specifically for the collection. All of the essays deal with epistemological issues attendant on conceptualizing and defining religion, understanding what is likely to be involved in studying and discussing beliefs, and attempting to explain religion and religions by dra ..."