Arthur Versluis

Gebundenes Buch

American Gurus

From Transcendentalism to New Age Religion

Beschreibung

Versluis shows how the convergence of Asian religions and Western mysticism produce the contemporary phenomenon of "spontaneously enlightened" gurus in America.

Autor

Arthur Versluis, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Professor in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has published numerous books and articles. Versluis was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Germany, and is the founding editor of Esoterica, and co-editor of JSR: Journal for the Study of Radicalism. He is the founding president of the Association for the Study of Esotericism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 681g
• ISBN-13: 9780199368136
• ISBN-10: 0199368139
• Artikelnr.: 39740850