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100 1 _aSharp, Lynn L.
245 1 0 _aSecular Spirituality
_h[electronic resource] :
_bReincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France.
260 _aLanham :
_bLexington Books,
_c2006.
300 _a1 online resource (489 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aTitle 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.
505 8 _aSociability 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.
520 _aSecular 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 4 _aOccultism
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650 4 _aReincarnation.
650 4 _aSpiritualism
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650 4 _aSpiritualism.
650 4 _aTheosophy
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650 4 _aTheosophy.
650 0 _aReincarnation.
650 0 _aSpiritualism
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650 0 _aTheosophy
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650 0 _aOccultism
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650 7 _aBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General
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655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSharp, Lynn L.
_tSecular Spirituality : Reincarnation and Spiritism in Nineteenth-Century France.
_dLanham : Lexington Books, ©2006
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