Seeking Transcendence examines the various paths taken by those who have detached themselves from their traditional, institutional religious roots but are seeking non-traditional paths to spiritual experiences.
Seeking Transcendence examines the various paths taken by those who have detached themselves from their traditional, institutional religious roots but are seeking non-traditional paths to spiritual experiences.
Joseph C. Manzella, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. He is co-founder of the Anthropology department and served as its first chair, and has published several articles and two books on media and community in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Western Europe, Venezuela and the United States. The subject of his 2010 book Common Purse, Uncommon Future was intentional communities.
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Acknowledgements Prologue: A Spiritual Journey 1. Introduction: Transcendence I'm Spiritual, Not Religious, But. . . An Italian Fantasy An Age of Detachment Mainstream and Tradition Europe vs. North America What the Data Reveal 2. Are There Cults? What is a Cult? Higher Ed Moonies Cultification Summary 3. Evangelicals: Politics and Media Evangelism in a Barn Summary 4. From East To West An Age of Gurus Look Toward Easternization Two Domes Amid the Corn The Science of TM Yogananda's Legacy Becoming a Guru At a Convocation SRF Monastics Of Temples and Shrines Variations on a Theme Summary 5. Indigenous Spirituality Sun Dance and Modern Movements Of Boarding Schools Summary 6. New Age Neopagan Earth and Spirituality Floating in a Sea of the Mind The New Age Envelope New Thought A Wiccan Story: There and Back Again Summary 7. Meditation In Motion Art of Softness Tai Chi Spirituality Labyrinths, Another Meditation in Motion Summary 8. Thin Places of Peace: Alternative Christianity Liminal Spaces Ashore on Iona Summary 9. Pilgrimages and Other Spiritual Journeys The Secular and the Spiritual Summary Epilogue: The Threads North of Taos
Acknowledgements Prologue: A Spiritual Journey 1. Introduction: Transcendence I'm Spiritual, Not Religious, But. . . An Italian Fantasy An Age of Detachment Mainstream and Tradition Europe vs. North America What the Data Reveal 2. Are There Cults? What is a Cult? Higher Ed Moonies Cultification Summary 3. Evangelicals: Politics and Media Evangelism in a Barn Summary 4. From East To West An Age of Gurus Look Toward Easternization Two Domes Amid the Corn The Science of TM Yogananda's Legacy Becoming a Guru At a Convocation SRF Monastics Of Temples and Shrines Variations on a Theme Summary 5. Indigenous Spirituality Sun Dance and Modern Movements Of Boarding Schools Summary 6. New Age Neopagan Earth and Spirituality Floating in a Sea of the Mind The New Age Envelope New Thought A Wiccan Story: There and Back Again Summary 7. Meditation In Motion Art of Softness Tai Chi Spirituality Labyrinths, Another Meditation in Motion Summary 8. Thin Places of Peace: Alternative Christianity Liminal Spaces Ashore on Iona Summary 9. Pilgrimages and Other Spiritual Journeys The Secular and the Spiritual Summary Epilogue: The Threads North of Taos
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