Republic of Mind and Spirit A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion

Name: Republic of Mind and Spirit A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion
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ISBN: 9780300136159

ISBN-10: 0300136153

ISBN-13: 9780300136159

Edition: 2008

Authors: Catherine L. Albanese

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This path-breaking book tells the story of American metaphysical religion more fully than it has ever been told before, along the way significantly revising the panorama of American religious history. Catherine L. Albanese follows metaphysical traditions from Renaissance Europe to England and then America, where they have flourished from colonial days to the twenty-first century, blending often with African, Native American, and other cultural elements. The book follows evolving versions of metaphysical religion, including Freemasonry, early Mormonism, Universalism, and Transcendentalism—and such further incarnations as Spiritualism, Theosophy, New Thought, Christian Science, and reinvented…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.17" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Beginnings



European Legacies



Atlantic Journeys, Native Grounds



Transitions



Revolutions and Enlightenments



Communion of Spirits



Arrivals



Spirits Reformed and Reconstituted



Metaphysical Asia



New Ages for All


Coda: The New New Age


Notes


Index