TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharp,Lynn L.
TI  - Secular Spirituality: Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France
SN  - 9780739160718 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BP573.R5 S53 2006 
U1  - 133.90944/09034133.9094409034 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Occultism
KW  - France
KW  - Reincarnation
KW  - Spiritualism
KW  - Theosophy
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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