American gurus: from transcendentalism to new age religion
From Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to the twentieth century, the Beat movement, the psychedelic revolution, Timothy Leary, the influence of Hindu gurus to the New Age movement, Versluis tells the enthralling saga of how contemporary American immediatism came into being. Versluis shows how the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2014
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| Dans: | Année: 2014 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religious leaders (United States)
B Religious leaders ; United States B United States Religion History B United states ; Religion ; History |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP) |
| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9780199368136 |
| Résumé: | From Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman to the twentieth century, the Beat movement, the psychedelic revolution, Timothy Leary, the influence of Hindu gurus to the New Age movement, Versluis tells the enthralling saga of how contemporary American immediatism came into being. Versluis shows how the confluence of Asian religions and Western mysticism come together to produce the continuing and fascinating saga that culminates in the phenomenon of contemporary 'spontaneously enlightened' American gurus |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 0190201959 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199368136.001.0001 |