Overview
Few religious currents have been as influential as the Theosophical. Yet few currents have been so under-researched, and the Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current thus represents pioneering research. A first section surveys the main people and events involved in the Theosophical Society from its inception to today, and outlines the Theosophical worldview. A second, substantial section covers most significant religions to emerge in the wake of the Theosophical Society - Anthroposophy, the Point Loma community, the I AM religious activity, the Summit Lighthouse Movement, the New Age, theosophical UFO religions, and numerous others. Finally, the interaction of the Theosophical current with contemporary culture - including gender relations, art, popular fiction, historiography, and science - are discussed at length.
Full Product Details
Author: Olav Hammer ,
Mikael Rothstein
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 7
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.873kg
ISBN: 9789004235960
ISBN 10: 9004235965
Pages: 494
Publication Date: 09 January 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This admirable volume in Brill's Handbooks on Contemporary Religion series links several contemporary manifestations of what the editors refer to as the 'Theosophical Current'. - Kevin Tingay (Bath Spa University, UK), in: Journal of Contemporary Religion 2014. This wide-ranging scholarly overview of the modern Theosophical movement, or rather movements, is a welcome addition to literature on that influential, but somewhat understudied, current of spirituality. - Robert Ellwood (University of Southern California), in: Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Volume 17, Nr 3, 2014. This volume is a valuable contribution to the study of the Theosophical Society and its influence not only for its clear and organised presentation of existing research but the platform it creates for ongoing and future work in this large and complex area. - Collin Duggan In: Aigne, 2014.
This admirable volume in Brill's Handbooks on Contemporary Religion series links several contemporary manifestations of what the editors refer to as the 'Theosophical Current'. - Kevin Tingay (Bath Spa University, UK), in: Journal of Contemporary Religion 2014. This wide-ranging scholarly overview of the modern Theosophical movement, or rather movements, is a welcome addition to literature on that influential, but somewhat understudied, current of spirituality. - Robert Ellwood (University of Southern California), in: Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Volume 17, Nr 3, 2014.
Author Information
Olav Hammer, Ph.D. (2000), Lund University (Sweden), is Professor of the Study of Religions at the University of Southern Denmark. He has published monographs, edited volumes and numerous articles on religious innovation in the contemporary West, including the Theosophical current. Mikael Rothstein, Ph.D. (1993), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), is Associate Professor of History of Religions at he University of Copenhagen, and tenured Guest Professor at the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. He has published widely on new religions, including monographs and edited volumes in Danish and English. Contributors include: Michael Abravanel, W. Michael Ashcraft, Egil Asprem, Tessel M. Bauduin, Katharina R. Brandt, Joscelyn Godwin, Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Olav Hammer, Siv Ellen Kraft, Isaac Lubelsky, Lisbeth Mikaelsson, Sean O'Callaghan, Christopher Partridge, Mikael Rothstein, Tim Rudbøg, Anita Stasulane, Garry Trompf , Shanon Trosper Schorey, and Catherine Wessinger.
