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Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, ufo Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture. By Christopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph O. Baker. (New York: New York University Press, 2010. viii, 264 pp. Cloth, $70.00, isbn 978-08147-9134-9. Paper, $20.00, isbn 978-0-81479135-6.)
Bigfoot hunters, haunted houses, psychic readings, and unidentified flying objecc abductees are common in "paranormal America," a world thac includes a diverse speccrum of ordinary people. Chriscopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph O. Baker take their readers on a fascinating journey into "the world of people who devoce ehemselves co che 'quest'" for contact with angels, aliens, and other unusual beings (p. 16). To flesh out the findings of the 2005 Baylor Religion Survey, a national random sample of American religious beliefs (two of the auehors...