03552nam 22006134a 450 991045165860332120210527032735.01-281-73478-097866117347870-300-13477-010.12987/9780300134773(CKB)1000000000473574(StDuBDS)AH23049815(SSID)ssj0000236287(PQKBManifestationID)11215576(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236287(PQKBWorkID)10165323(PQKB)11221126(MiAaPQ)EBC3420332(DE-B1597)484958(OCoLC)952734564(DE-B1597)9780300134773(Au-PeEL)EBL3420332(CaPaEBR)ebr10210215(CaONFJC)MIL173478(OCoLC)923592259(EXLCZ)99100000000047357420060426d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrA republic of mind and spirit[electronic resource] a cultural history of American metaphysical religion /Catherine L. AlbaneseNew Haven Yale University Pressc20071 online resource (640 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-11089-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-599) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. European Legacies --2. Atlantic Journeys, Native Grounds --3. Revolutions and Enlightenments --4. Communion of Spirits --5. Spirits Reformed and Reconstituted --6. Metaphysical Asia --7. New Ages for All --Coda :The New New Age --Notes --IndexThis 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 versions of Asian ideas and practices. Continuing into the twentieth century and after, the book shows how the metaphysical mix has broadened to encompass UFO activity, channeling, and chakras in the New Age movement-and a much broader new spirituality in the present. In its own way, Albanese argues, American metaphysical religion has been as vigorous, persuasive, and influential as the evangelical tradition that is more often the focus of religious scholars' attention. She makes the case that because of its combinative nature-its ability to incorporate differing beliefs and practices-metaphysical religion offers key insights into the history of all American religions.RELIGION / GeneralbisacshUnited StatesReligionElectronic books.RELIGION / General.299/.93Albanese Catherine L1047366MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451658603321A republic of mind and spirit2474885UNINA