Restless Souls

The Making of American Spirituality

By: Leigh Eric Schmidt

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Paperback | 5 September 2012 | Edition Number 2

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Yoga classes and Zen meditation, New-Age retreats and nature mysticism-all are part of an ongoing religious experimentation that has surprisingly deep roots in American history. Tracing out the country's Transcendentalist and cosmopolitan religious impulses over the last two centuries, Restless Souls explores America's abiding romance with spirituality as religion's better half. Now in its second edition, including a new preface, Leigh Eric Schmidt's fascinating book provides a rich account of how this open-road spirituality developed in American culture in the first place as well as a sweeping survey of the liberal religious movements that touted it and ensured its continued vitality.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Religion History of Religion Aspects of Religion for Non-Christians Spirituality & Religious Experience History Regional & National History History of the Americas Comparative Religion

Preface to the Second Edition	p. xi
Introduction Spirituality in the Making	p. 1
Mystic Club	p. 25
Solitude	p. 63
The Piety of the World	p. 101
Meditation for Americans	p. 143
Freedom and Self-Surrender	p. 181
Seekers	p. 227
Epilogue Be Gentle with Yourself	p. 269
Notes	p. 291
Index	p. 323
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