03825cam a2200637Ki 4500 on1043555806 OCoLC 20200709060618.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 180709s2017 mau ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T JSTOR 9781613765326 (electronic bk.) 1613765320 (electronic bk.) 9781625342935 1625342934 9781625342928 1625342926 1842580 (N$T) (OCoLC)1043555806 22573/ctv34p2jp JSTOR n-usn-- B905 .A77 2017eb PHI 042000 bisacsh REL 000000 bisacsh LIT 004020 bisacsh 141/.30973 23 MAIN Andrews, Barry Maxwell, author. Transcendentalism and the cultivation of the soul / Barry M. Andrews. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017] 1 online resource (vii, 177 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The soul of the age -- The transcendentalist crisis of faith -- Transcendentalist spirituality -- The art of life -- Three prerequisites of the spiritual life -- Solitude, contemplation, sauntering, and simple living -- Reading, conversation, and journal writing -- Religious cosmopolitanism -- Self-culture and social change -- Abolition and women's rights -- Education, environmentalism, and sustainability -- Church reform and the free religious association -- The legacy of transcendentalism. American Transcendentalism is often seen as a literary movement--a flowering of works written by New England intellectuals who retreated from society and lived in nature. In Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul, Barry M. Andrews focuses on a neglected aspect of this well-known group, showing how American Transcendentalists developed rich spiritual practices to nurture their souls and discover the divine. The practices are common and simple -- among them, keeping journals, contemplation, walking, reading, simple living, and conversation. In approachable and accessible prose, Andrews demonstrates how Transcendentalism's main thinkers, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, and others, pursued rich and rewarding spiritual lives that inspired them to fight for abolition, women's rights, and education reform. In detailing these everyday acts, Andrews uncovers a wealth of spiritual practices that could be particularly valuable today, to spiritual seekers and religious liberals. -- Provided by publisher. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Transcendentalism (New England) Social movements. Spiritual life. Spirituality. Social movements. fast (OCoLC)fst01122657 Spiritual life. fast (OCoLC)fst01130100 Spirituality. fast (OCoLC)fst01130186 Transcendentalism (New England) fast (OCoLC)fst01154551 PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Idealism bisacsh RELIGION / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Andrews, Barry Maxwell. Transcendentalism and the cultivation of the soul. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017] 9781625342935 (DLC) 2017036483 (OCoLC)987281759 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1842580 EBSCOhost EBSC 1842580 92 N$T 57629 57629