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Handbook of the Theosophical Current

By Olav Hammer , Mikael Rothstein

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2013
ISBN
9004235965, 9789004235960
ISSN
1874-6691
Google Books ID
snZRetoB9yIC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13757485 bytes)
Series
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 7
Pages
xii+494\507
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-10-17 07:18:06

Description

Few religious currents have been as influential as the Theosophical. Yet few currents have been so under-researched, and the Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current thus represents pioneering research. A first section surveys the main people and events involved in the Theosophical Society from its inception to today, and outlines the Theosophical worldview. A second, substantial section covers most significant religions to emerge in the wake of the Theosophical Society - Anthroposophy, the Point Loma community, the I AM religious activity, the Summit Lighthouse Movement, the New Age, theosophical UFO religions, and numerous others. Finally, the interaction of the Theosophical current with contemporary culture - including gender relations, art, popular fiction, historiography, and science - are discussed at length.

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