TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharp,Lynn L.
TI  - Secular spirituality: reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France 
SN  - 9780739160718
AV  - BP573.R5 S53 2006
U1  - 133.90944/09034 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Reincarnation
KW  - Spiritualism
KW  - France
KW  - Theosophy
KW  - Occultism
KW  - Réincarnation
KW  - Spiritisme
KW  - Théosophie
KW  - Occultisme
KW  - reincarnation
KW  - aat
KW  - fast
KW  - Seelenwanderung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Spiritismus
KW  - Reïncarnatie
KW  - gtt
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - ram
KW  - Frankreich
KW  - Frankrijk
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - "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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