Secular spirituality
reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France
by Lynn L. Sharp
"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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Secular spirituality: reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France
2007, Lexington Books
in English
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Secular Spirituality: Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France
October 28, 2006, Lexington Books
Paperback
in English
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Secular Spirituality: Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France
2006, Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
in English
1299761682 9781299761681
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Secular Spirituality: Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France
October 28, 2006, Lexington Books
Hardcover
in English
0739113380 9780739113387
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