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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Main Author: Versluis, Arthur 1959- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press [2014]
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
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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
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:0199368139