The White Buddhist
The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott
Seiten
2010
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-22276-3 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-22276-3 (ISBN)
A meeting of American Protestantism with Asian religious traditions
Denounced by the New York Times as an "unmitigated rascal" while simultaneously being lauded as a reincarnation of Gautama Buddha himself, Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) was friend to Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and an indefatigable reformer and culture broker between East and West. Olcott helped bring about a new spiritual creation, Protestant Buddhism, a creative creolization of American Protestantism, traditional Theravada Buddhism, and other influences. Stephen Prothero's portrait of Olcott is an engaging study of spiritual quest and cross-cultural encounters.
Denounced by the New York Times as an "unmitigated rascal" while simultaneously being lauded as a reincarnation of Gautama Buddha himself, Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) was friend to Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and an indefatigable reformer and culture broker between East and West. Olcott helped bring about a new spiritual creation, Protestant Buddhism, a creative creolization of American Protestantism, traditional Theravada Buddhism, and other influences. Stephen Prothero's portrait of Olcott is an engaging study of spiritual quest and cross-cultural encounters.
Stephen Prothero is Professor of Religion at Boston University. His books include God is Not One: The Eight Religious Rivals that Run the World; American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon; and the New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know—and Doesn't, which won a 2007 Quill Book Award. Prothero blogs for CNN's Belief Blog and has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Slate, and Salon.
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1. Universal Reformer
2. From Spiritualism to Theosophy
3. An Errand to Asia
4. The Sinhalese Buddhist Revival
5. A United Buddhist World
6. The Indian Renaissance
7. Things Fall Apart
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Zusatzinfo | 13 b&w illus. |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-22276-1 / 0253222761 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-22276-3 / 9780253222763 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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