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Secular Spirituality [electronic resource] : Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France.

By: Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (489 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739160718 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739160710 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Secular Spirituality : Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France.DDC classification:
  • 133.90944/09034 133.9094409034
LOC classification:
  • BP573.R5 S53 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Epigraph; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- Secularism and Spirituality; Chapter One -- Romantic Reincarnation and Social Reform; Sources of Reform; Progress as a Means of Social Perfection; Popularizing Romantic Reincarnation; Naturalizing Reincarnation: Druidism; Eclectic Religiosity; NOTES; Chapter Two -- 1850-1880: Building a Movement; Finding the Spirits; Individual Reincarnation and Social Regeneration; Leadership and Survival; NOTES; Spiritism on the Editorial Pages; Chapter Three -- Politics of the Séance: Progress, Gender, Equality.
Sociability and DemocracyRepublican Spirits; Gender and Equality; Pushing Gender Boundaries; NOTES; Chapter Four -- Struggles for Legitimacy: Science and Religion; Scientific Spiritists; Scientists and the Spirits; The Catholic Church and the Spirits; Spiritism as Popular Religion; NOTES; Chapter Five -- Spiritism, Occultism, Science: Meanings of Reincarnation in the Fin de Siècle; Revival and New Directions; Delanne and Denis; Facing Occultism; NOTES; Conclusion -- Thoughts for "Modern" Spirits; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary: 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.
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Epigraph; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- Secularism and Spirituality; Chapter One -- Romantic Reincarnation and Social Reform; Sources of Reform; Progress as a Means of Social Perfection; Popularizing Romantic Reincarnation; Naturalizing Reincarnation: Druidism; Eclectic Religiosity; NOTES; Chapter Two -- 1850-1880: Building a Movement; Finding the Spirits; Individual Reincarnation and Social Regeneration; Leadership and Survival; NOTES; Spiritism on the Editorial Pages; Chapter Three -- Politics of the Séance: Progress, Gender, Equality.

Sociability and DemocracyRepublican Spirits; Gender and Equality; Pushing Gender Boundaries; NOTES; Chapter Four -- Struggles for Legitimacy: Science and Religion; Scientific Spiritists; Scientists and the Spirits; The Catholic Church and the Spirits; Spiritism as Popular Religion; NOTES; Chapter Five -- Spiritism, Occultism, Science: Meanings of Reincarnation in the Fin de Siècle; Revival and New Directions; Delanne and Denis; Facing Occultism; NOTES; Conclusion -- Thoughts for "Modern" Spirits; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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.

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