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PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253221668
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Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWorld's Parliament of Religions : the East-West Encounter, Chicago 1893
SubjectComparative Religion, General, History, Customs & Traditions, United States / General
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorRichard Hughes Seager
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
SeriesReligion in North America Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
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ReviewsRichard Hughes Seager's valuable 1995 work, now available in paperback, aims to study the 'East/West encounter' that occurred at the World's Parliament of Religions. Seager is an expert on American religious history, and the virtue of this work for students of Asian religion and history is that it enables us to locate figures like Vivekananda, Soen, Dharmapala, and Gandhi as actors in a social drama taking place in a cultural field where the most explicit issues were internal to the American religious scene., [Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament.--Robert S. Ellwood "Church History ", [Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament., [This] engrossingly written book . . . convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America. . . . This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions--one you will want to keep on your bookshelf., "[This] engrossingly written book... convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America.... This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions-one you will want to keep on your bookshelf." -Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin, "As a glimpse of the complex problems of cultural and religious pluralism that have spawned wars and political conflict, Seager's book is a fine introduction to a continuing dilemma of the modern world." -Journal of American History, "Richard Hughes Seager's valuable 1995 work, now available in paperback, aims to study the 'East/West encounter' that occurred at the World's Parliament of Religions. Seager is an expert on American religious history, and the virtue of this work for students of Asian religion and history is that it enables us to locate figures like Vivekananda, Soen, Dharmapala, and Gandhi as actors in a social drama taking place in a cultural field where the most explicit issues were internal to the American religious scene. " -H-Asia H-Net, "Richard Hughes Seager's valuable 1995 work, now available in paperback, aims to study the 'East/West encounter' that occurred at the World's Parliament of Religions. Seager is an expert on American religious history, and the virtue of this work for students of Asian religion and history is that it enables us to locate figures like Vivekananda, Soen, Dharmapala, and Gandhi as actors in a social drama taking place in a cultural field where the most explicit issues were internal to the American religious scene."-- H-Asia H-Net "[Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament."--Robert S. Ellwood, Church History "As a glimpse of the complex problems of cultural and religious pluralism that have spawned wars and political conflict, Seager's book is a fine introduction to a continuing dilemma of the modern world."-- Journal of American History "This volume should be read by every student of religion and ideas in Gilded Age America."-- Choice "[This] engrossingly written book . . . convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America. . . . This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions--one you will want to keep on your bookshelf."-- Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin, "[Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament." -Robert S. Ellwood, Church History, "[Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament." -- Robert S. Ellwood, Church History, [This] engrossingly written book... convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America.... This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions-one you will want to keep on your bookshelf., "[This] engrossingly written book... convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America.... This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions -- one you will want to keep on your bookshelf." -- Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin, "As a glimpse of the complex problems of cultural and religious pluralism that have spawned wars and political conflict, Seager's book is a fine introduction to a continuing dilemma of the modern world." -- Journal of American History, As a glimpse of the complex problems of cultural and religious pluralism that have spawned wars and political conflict, Seager's book is a fine introduction to a continuing dilemma of the modern world., "[This] engrossingly written book . . . convincingly shows that the [1893] parliament marked a point of religious and cultural change in North America. . . . This book is clearly the classic work on the 1893 Parliament of Religions--one you will want to keep on your bookshelf." Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin "This volume should be read by every student of religion and ideas in Gilded Age America." Choice "As a glimpse of the complex problems of cultural and religious pluralism that have spawned wars and political conflict, Seager's book is a fine introduction to a continuing dilemma of the modern world." Journal of American History "[Though] it did have its mythic dimensions, [the Parliament] was also a flesh-and-blood occasion that influenced the course of religion in several countries. Richard Seager has done an excellent job of sorting out the myths and the realities and showing why an understanding of both is essential to a proper assessment of the Parliament." Robert S. Ellwood, Church History, "This volume should be read by every student of religion and ideas in Gilded Age America." -- Choice
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Table Of ContentForeword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein Acknowledgments Preface to the Paperback Reissue Introduction I. A Millennial City 1. The Columbian Myth of America 2. The Midway Plaisance and the Magic of the White City II. An Ingathering of Nations and Tribes 3. Chicago's Pentecost 4. On Mars Hill 5. "A Rapt Gaze into the Millennium" III. Further and Fractious Missions 6. Acts of Apostles 7. Beyond the White City Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisRichard Hughes Seager explores this fascinating event in all its complexities and, in a new preface, summarizes recent research and reflects on religious pluralism in an age of religious extremism., Conceived as a magnificent display of the major religions of the world, the 1893 Parliament sought to unite "all religion against irreligion." A singular moment in the creation of a more pluralistic religious culture in America, it introduced many Americans to Eastern religions and meditative practices such as yoga. Some in the Christian community saw the gathering as a sign of the approaching fulfillment of the missionary's hope to evangelize the world, while others saw a divided Christendom under threat from the religions of the East. Richard Hughes Seager explores this fascinating event in all its complexities and, in a new preface, summarizes recent research and reflects on religious pluralism in an age of religious extremism.
LC Classification NumberBL21
