American gurus: from American transcendentalism to new age religion
Introduction -- Nineteenth-century enlightenments -- Revivalism, romanticism, and the protestant principle -- The sage of concord -- Emerson and platonism -- The Concord School and American platonism -- Walt Whitman's cosmic consciousness -- Enlightened literature -- American spiritual teachers...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
[2014]
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ New religion
/ History 1850-2000
B USA / Religiosity / Spirituality / Syncretism / History 1850-2000 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious leaders (United States)
B United States Religion |
| Summary: | Introduction -- Nineteenth-century enlightenments -- Revivalism, romanticism, and the protestant principle -- The sage of concord -- Emerson and platonism -- The Concord School and American platonism -- Walt Whitman's cosmic consciousness -- Enlightened literature -- American spiritual teachers -- Beat religion and the choice -- Enter psychedelics -- Dogmas, catmas, and spiritual anarchism -- Oh, ho, ho, it's magic? -- Spiritual anarchy, tantra, and Islamic heterodoxy -- On the counterculture -- American gurus -- From Europe to America -- Varieties of modern American mysticism -- The sage on the stage -- The American guru enters, stage left -- The immediatist wave |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 0199368139 |