Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality

by Leigh Eric Schmidt

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520273672
• ISBN13: 9780520273672
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"