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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Auteur principal: Versluis, Arthur 1959- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York Oxford University Press 2014
Dans:Année: 2014
Sujets non-standardisés:B Religious leaders (United States)
B Religious leaders ; United States
B United States Religion History
B United states ; Religion ; History
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP)
Édition parallèle:Print version: 9780199368136
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Résumé: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
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0190201959
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199368136.001.0001