Restless Souls the Making of American Spirituality, Second Edition with a New Preface.
Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticism-all are part of an ongoing religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. Tracing out the country's Transcendentalist and cosmopolitan religious impulses over the last two centuries, Restless...
| Основен автор: | Schmidt, Leigh Eric. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=476132 |
| Резюме: |
Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticism-all are part of an ongoing religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. Tracing out the country's Transcendentalist and cosmopolitan religious impulses over the last two centuries, Restless Souls explores America's abiding romance with spirituality as religion's better half. Now in its second edition, including a new preface, Leigh Eric Schmidt's fascinating book provides a rich account of how this open-road spirituality developed in American culture in the first place as well as a sweepin. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780520954113 0520954114 |