Alternative altars : unconventional and Eastern spirituality in America
by Robert S. Jr. Ellwood
Chicago History of American Religion (1979)
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"The explosive events of Jonestown and Korea-gate have rivetted the eyes of America on the burgeoning and largely misunderstood movement of contemporary religious cults. Robert S. Ellwood attempts to further our understanding of these occult, mystical, and Eastern spiritual movements in the United States by placing them in a distinctively America context, demonstrating that they are neither new nor alien."-Publisher.Tags
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paradoxosalpha Ellwood provides more theoretical orientation than Horowitz does, and a better view of the social and cultural factors that are overshadowed by individual personalities in Horowitz's treatment. But there is considerable overlap in terms of the basic interest in "alternative spirituality" in American history.
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Robert S. Ellwood is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion at the=University of Southern California, USA. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Many Peoples. Many Faiths, The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace, The Sixties Spiritual Awakening, and Islands of the Dawn.
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- Canonical title
- Alternative altars : unconventional and Eastern spirituality in America
- Original publication date
- 1979
- First words
- This essay began as a study of "non-normative religion" in America.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)This they have done before, and can do again.
- Publisher's editor
- Marty, Martin E.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History
- DDC/MDS
- 291.0973 — Religion Other religions [Formerly: General Religious Topics] Biography And History North America
- LCC
- BL2530 .U6 .E44 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions American
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 1
