| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 378 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Numen book series : studies in the history of religions ; volume 158
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Studies in the history of religions ; volume 158.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Origination (1887-1914) -- Investigation (1914-1936) -- Realization (1936-1978) -- Routinization (1978-today). |
| Summary |
"In The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff: An Intellectual History of Anti-intellectualism in Modern America, Dave Vliegenthart offers an account of the life and teachings of the modern American mystic Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), who combined secular and religious sources from eastern and western traditions in order to elaborate and legitimate his metaphysical claim to the realization of a transcendental reality beyond reason. Using Merrell-Wolff as a typical example of a modern western guru, Vliegenthart investigates the larger sociological and historical context of the ongoing grand narrative that asserts a widespread anti-intellectualism in modern American culture, exploring developments in religious, philosophical, and psychological discourses in North America from 1800 until the present"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Merrell-Wolff, Franklin.
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Merrell-Wolff, Franklin. |
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Mystics -- United States -- Biography.
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Mystics. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Intellectual life -- History.
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Intellectual life. |
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Implicit religion -- United States.
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Implicit religion. |
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History. |
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vliegenthart, Dave. Secular religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004361072 (DLC) 2017057528 |
| ISBN |
9789004361256 (E-book) |
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9004361251 (E-book) |
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9789004361072 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004361073 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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