David G Hackett: 2 books

Book cover of That Religion in Which All Men Agree

That Religion in Which All Men Agree

Freemasonry in American Culture

by David G. Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014

This powerful study weaves the story of Freemasonry into the narrative of American religious history. Freighted with the mythical legacies of stonemasons’ guilds and the Newtonian revolution, English Freemasonry arrived in colonial America with a vast array of cultural baggage, which was drawn on,...
Book cover of The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture
by Rex Barnes, Joel Bordeaux, Albion M. Butters
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

The image of the meditating yogi has become a near-universal symbol for transcendent perfection used to market everything from perfume and jewelry to luxury resorts and sports cars, and popular culture has readily absorbed it along similar lines. Yet the religious traditions grounding such images...
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