Restless Souls

The Making of American Spirituality

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, State & Local, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion
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Author: Leigh Eric Schmidt ISBN: 9780520954113
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: September 5, 2012
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Leigh Eric Schmidt
ISBN: 9780520954113
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: September 5, 2012
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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