American gurus: from transcendentalism to new age religion
From Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to the twentieth century, the Beat movement, the psychedelic revolution, Timothy Leary, the influence of Hindu gurus to the New Age movement, Versluis tells the enthralling saga of how contemporary American immediatism came into being. Versluis shows how the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious leaders (United States)
B Religious leaders ; United States B United States Religion History B United states ; Religion ; History |
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Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780199368136 |
| Summary: | From Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to the twentieth century, the Beat movement, the psychedelic revolution, Timothy Leary, the influence of Hindu gurus to the New Age movement, Versluis tells the enthralling saga of how contemporary American immediatism came into being. Versluis shows how the confluence of Asian religions and Western mysticism come together to produce the continuing and fascinating saga that culminates in the phenomenon of contemporary 'spontaneously enlightened' American gurus |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 0190201959 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199368136.001.0001 |