Restless souls : the making of American spirituality
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Restless souls : the making of American spirituality
University of California Press, 2012, c2005
2nd ed.
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Includes index
"with a new preface"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 sweeping survey of the liberal religious movements that touted it and ensured its continued vitality.
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION Spirituality in the Making CHAPTER ONE Mystic Club CHAPTER TWO Solitude CHAPTER THREE The Piety of the World CHAPTER FOUR Meditation for Americans CHAPTER FIVE Freedom and Self-Surrender CHAPTER SIX Seekers EPILOGUE Be Gentle with Yourself Notes Index
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