02665nam 2200553 a 450 991046318920332120200520144314.090-04-23597-310.1163/9789004235977(CKB)2670000000328520(EBL)1115290(OCoLC)825978163(MiAaPQ)EBC1115290(OCoLC)825978163(OCoLC)828895480(nllekb)BRILL9789004235977(PPN)174546807(Au-PeEL)EBL1115290(CaPaEBR)ebr10648935(CaONFJC)MIL429152(EXLCZ)99267000000032852020120730d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierHandbook of the theosophical current[electronic resource] /edited by Olav Hammer, Mikael RothsteinLeiden ;Boston Brill20131 online resource (506 p.)Brill handbooks on contemporary religion,1874-6691 ;v. 7Description based upon print version of record.90-04-23596-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. I. Theosophical societies -- pt. II. Religious currents in the wake of theosophy -- pt. III. Theosophy, culture, and society.Few religious currents have been as influential as the Theosophical. Yet few currents have been so under-researched, and the Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current thus represents pioneering research. A first section surveys the main people and events involved in the Theosophical Society from its inception to today, and outlines the Theosophical worldview. A second, substantial section covers most significant religions to emerge in the wake of the Theosophical Society - Anthroposophy, the Point Loma community, the I AM religious activity, the Summit Lighthouse Movement, the New Age, theosophical UFO religions, and numerous others. Finally, the interaction of the Theosophical current with contemporary culture - including gender relations, art, popular fiction, historiography, and science - are discussed at length.Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion7.TheosophyHistoryElectronic books.TheosophyHistory.299/.934Hammer Olav899807Rothstein Mikael945827MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463189203321Handbook of the theosophical current2136110UNINA