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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791930903321

Autore

Schmidt Leigh Eric

Titolo

Restless souls [[electronic resource] ] : the making of American spirituality / / Leigh E. Schmidt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-54323-0

9786613855688

0-520-95411-4

9780520954113

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

204.0973

Soggetti

Spirituality - United States - History

United States Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.