Franklin, J. Jeffrey, <br/><br/>
Spirit matters :  occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain / 
J. Jeffrey Franklin. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions --  The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton --  Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary --  The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology --  Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon --  Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court --  Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England --  The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula --  Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities. 
<br/><br/> Spirit Matters explores the heterodox and unorthodox religions and spiritualities that arose in Victorian Britain as a result of the faltering of Christian faith in the face of modernity, the rise of the truth-telling authority of science, and the... 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501715464 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017051440 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Occultism in literature.<br/>Spiritualism in literature.<br/>Occultism--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Spiritualism--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Religion and culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR788  / .S657 2018