Overview
- Accessible to both scholars and general audiences
- Most up-to-date account of metaphysical religion in America today
- Provides a focus on future developments in this centrally important yet least appreciated of American religious traditions
Part of the book series: Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies (BOREFRRERE)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This collection of essays by leading scholars explores the present, dynamic state of metaphysical religion in America. It includes chapters that: put survey data on this growing group in context; clarify definitional issues in the study of spirituality in general and metaphysical spirituality in particular; and assess the networks, conferences, rituals, festivals, retreat centers and periodicals recently developed by metaphysicals. The contributors discuss characteristic practices of mental healing and meditation, and show the reach of metaphysical ideas into public spaces and popular media cultures. One particular chapter also addresses the growing controversy over the legitimacy of metaphysical individuals and movements that appropriate elements of Native American and Asian religious beliefs and practices to enrich or sustain their own practice. This rich collection appeals to students, researchers, professionals and the layperson interested in knowing more about the historyand more importantly the direction that American metaphysical religion is taking.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Christopher White (Ph.D., Harvard University) is professor and chair of religion at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. His most recent book is Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions, published by Harvard University Press.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of Metaphysical Religion in America
Editors: Mark Silk, Christopher White
Series Title: Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79903-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79902-1Published: 14 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-79905-2Published: 15 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-79903-8Published: 13 December 2021
Series ISSN: 2214-5281
Series E-ISSN: 2214-529X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 119
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Spirituality, Sociology of Religion, Christianity