Secular spirituality : reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France /
Sharp, Lynn L., 1965-
Secular spirituality : reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France / Lynn L. Sharp. - Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 245 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-238) and index.
Romantic reincarnation and social reform -- 1850-1880 : building a movement -- Politics of the séance : progress, gender, equality -- Struggles for legitimacy : science and religion -- Spiritism, occultism, science : Meanings of reincarnation in the fin de siècle.
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"Secular Spirituality challenges the traditional dichotomy between Enlightenment reason and religion. It follows French romantic socialists' and spiritists' search for a new spirituality based on reincarnation as a path to progress for individuals and society. Lynn L. Sharp looks closely at what it meant to practice spiritism, analyzing the movement's social and political critique and explaining the popularity of the new belief. She explores points of convergence and conflict in the interplay between spiritism and science, spiritism and psychology, and spiritism and the Catholic church to argue that the nineteenth century was not as "disenchanted" as has been thought. Secular Spirituality successfully places spiritism within a larger cultural conversation, looking beyond the leaders of the movement to understand the way spiritism functioned for its followers."--BOOK JACKET.
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2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English.
9780739160718 0739160710
GBA695035 bnb
013596760 Uk
Reincarnation.
Spiritualism--France.
Theosophy--France.
Occultism--France.
Réincarnation.
Spiritisme--France.
Théosophie--France.
Occultisme--France.
reincarnation.
Occultism
Reincarnation
Spiritualism
Theosophy
Seelenwanderung
Spiritismus
Reïncarnatie.
Spiritisme.
Spiritisme--France--19e siècle.
Occultisme--France--19e siècle.
Théosophie--France--19e siècle.
France
Frankreich
Frankrijk.
BP573.R5 / S53 2006
133.90944/09034
Secular spirituality : reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France / Lynn L. Sharp. - Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 245 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-238) and index.
Romantic reincarnation and social reform -- 1850-1880 : building a movement -- Politics of the séance : progress, gender, equality -- Struggles for legitimacy : science and religion -- Spiritism, occultism, science : Meanings of reincarnation in the fin de siècle.
Use copy
"Secular Spirituality challenges the traditional dichotomy between Enlightenment reason and religion. It follows French romantic socialists' and spiritists' search for a new spirituality based on reincarnation as a path to progress for individuals and society. Lynn L. Sharp looks closely at what it meant to practice spiritism, analyzing the movement's social and political critique and explaining the popularity of the new belief. She explores points of convergence and conflict in the interplay between spiritism and science, spiritism and psychology, and spiritism and the Catholic church to argue that the nineteenth century was not as "disenchanted" as has been thought. Secular Spirituality successfully places spiritism within a larger cultural conversation, looking beyond the leaders of the movement to understand the way spiritism functioned for its followers."--BOOK JACKET.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780739160718 0739160710
GBA695035 bnb
013596760 Uk
Reincarnation.
Spiritualism--France.
Theosophy--France.
Occultism--France.
Réincarnation.
Spiritisme--France.
Théosophie--France.
Occultisme--France.
reincarnation.
Occultism
Reincarnation
Spiritualism
Theosophy
Seelenwanderung
Spiritismus
Reïncarnatie.
Spiritisme.
Spiritisme--France--19e siècle.
Occultisme--France--19e siècle.
Théosophie--France--19e siècle.
France
Frankreich
Frankrijk.
BP573.R5 / S53 2006
133.90944/09034