Matthew Bowman

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

@jkimballcook I’ll take it.

Book on Mormonism and UFOs in the works. Three chapters in right now.

This case is pretty typical for the late 40s/early 50s UFO scene. He was not the only LDS person to have such an experience around then.

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Alien abduction, New Age spirituality & American counterculture.

Author @mbbowman joins theologian Tara Isabella Burton for a deep dive into the Betty & Barney Hill case, UFO lore, and the rise of alternative belief systems.

Watch the full conversation: https://t.co/8JH9hr8yyk

[Cambridge University Press - Management @CambUP_MGMT]

New Cambridge Element Mormonism by @Mbbowman is now free to read for 4 weeks!
https://t.co/XRf0Q4xHNP
#cambridgeelements #management

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

Attention: Contrary to some reviewers I think the plot of CONCLAVE exists in a world in which Catholic theology is true and that the conclave is guided by the Holy Spirit and divine intervention to make the choice God wants.

https://t.co/eIdr5EYO6C

[Illinois Press @IllinoisPress]

"Smith was one of the most significant theologians in Mormon history and certainly the most significant in the 20th century, yet there has to date been no scholarly study of his work."

@mbbowman answers questions about his #newbook on the UIP blog 
https://t.co/HeXXiAQPUT

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

@johnlevenstein Amazing. I’m -sure- Spielberg was influenced.

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

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Jones's performance is remarkable. Betty and Barney Hill came to believe in their abduction by aliens after months of hypnosis, and much of the film is Jones and Estelle Parsons (as Betty) reciting the hypnosis transcripts. It's often riveting.

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

My favorite James Earl Jones: as Barney Hill in "The UFO Incident." Jones produced and starred in this movie because he saw the story of the first American UFO abduction as a metaphor for race in the US. More in my book; movie in comments.

https://t.co/lmB0R9nXGy

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

@timesandseasons @IllinoisPress @CGUnews Six weeks!

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

Coming soon, folks.

[Illinois Press @IllinoisPress]

Happy Birthday, Joseph Fielding Smith!

Incisive and illuminating, @mbbowman's JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH (https://t.co/3IoEwEpEtW) examines the worldview and development of an influential theologian and his place in American religious and intellectual history.

cc: @cgunews

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

@AstonshngLegnds Hi folks. I published the first peer-reviewed academic history of this event last year. I tried very hard to ground their story in the wild 1960s, and found material in a half-dozen archives. Happy to send copies over.

https://t.co/GUeo4Ij2o2

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

Worst baby thing: pajamas that button all the way up the front and both legs. Second worst baby thing: pinkeye.

[Lockdown Book Detective @BookLockdown]

@Unwise_Trousers One highly recommended UFO book that has gotten very little notice: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America by Matthew Bowman (Yale 2023). A cultural and political look at the ur-alien abduction story. @mbbowman

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

@mrjeffknox Small world!

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

If you've been waiting to get a copy of THE ABDUCTION OF BETTY AND BARNEY HILL until it's only $15, now's your chance.

Go to this website, enter Y24SAVE50 at checkout.

https://t.co/IwVFvYnzqR

[Matthew Bowman @mbbowman]

excellent, @SusCrockford

[Ben Manripeem @BradleyOnishi]

In May, we will publish Miss Information by @SusCrockford, A limited series podcast about the ways online misinformation and sonspiracy theories infiltrate wellness communities and conservative Christian spaces.

[Tamarra Kemsley @tamarranicole]

Drug cartel violence claimed this #LDS teen. How his congregation rallied in response.

If you would, take a moment to read and share this woman's story.

https://t.co/TDMM9XpaZ7

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

What is the history of alternative spirituality in the US and what does this tell us about the American counterculture? Watch a replay of our recent salon with writer and theologian @NotoriousTIB and theology professor and author @mbbowman
https://t.co/PnODQYBTUe

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

In 24 hours: @mbbowman on what an abduction story can tell us about 1960s American society, and the countercultural roots of contemporary American spirituality with @NotoriousTIB.
https://t.co/zrqmtfjQca

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Today fewer and fewer Americans than ever before identify as traditionally religious, but what might be taking that place instead of pure secularism? Join @mbbowman and @NotoriousTIB for a conversation on aliens, conspiracy, New Age, and more.

https://t.co/zrqmtfjQca