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Transcendentalism and the cultivation of the soul /Barry M. Andrews.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2017.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 177 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781613765326
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B905 .T736 2017
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The transcendentalist crisis of faith -- Transcendentalist spirituality -- The art of life -- Three prerequisites of the spiritual life -- Solitude, contemplation, sauntering, and simple living -- Reading, conversation, and journal writing -- Religious cosmopolitanism -- Self-culture and social change -- Abolition and women's rights -- Education, environmentalism, and sustainability -- Church reform and the free religious association -- The legacy of transcendentalism.
Subject: American Transcendentalism is often seen as a literary movement--a flowering of works written by New England intellectuals who retreated from society and lived in nature. In Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul, Barry M. Andrews focuses on a neglected aspect of this well-known group, showing how American Transcendentalists developed rich spiritual practices to nurture their souls and discover the divine. The practices are common and simple --
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The soul of the age -- The transcendentalist crisis of faith -- Transcendentalist spirituality -- The art of life -- Three prerequisites of the spiritual life -- Solitude, contemplation, sauntering, and simple living -- Reading, conversation, and journal writing -- Religious cosmopolitanism -- Self-culture and social change -- Abolition and women's rights -- Education, environmentalism, and sustainability -- Church reform and the free religious association -- The legacy of transcendentalism.

American Transcendentalism is often seen as a literary movement--a flowering of works written by New England intellectuals who retreated from society and lived in nature. In Transcendentalism and the Cultivation of the Soul, Barry M. Andrews focuses on a neglected aspect of this well-known group, showing how American Transcendentalists developed rich spiritual practices to nurture their souls and discover the divine. The practices are common and simple --

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