...The Soviet experiment reflected, for the first time in history, the efforts of a modern state to expunge not only the existence of religious institutions but also daily expressions of spirituality and, most dauntingly, belief in a supernatural realm. Never before had political authorities attempted...

...This chapter contains excerpts from D. T. Suzuki's book Nihon teki reisei (Japanese Spirituality), published in 1944 under strict censorship and reprinted in 1946. Suzuki begins by discussing the awakening of Japanese spirituality and the popularization of Buddhism during...

... religious poetics to religious politics. It argues for Chavez as a religious border crosser—“nepantla spirituality”—and frames his movement as engaged with American civil religion. La Causa cultures pilgrimages religion sacrifice traditions influencing La Causa Agricultural Workers...

...This chapter discusses the impact the 1960s had on American spirituality. It shows how the activists in the 1960s and their subsequent critics reshaped Americans' understanding of freedom. It explains how this new understanding contributed to the decline of a spirituality of dwelling...

...This chapter discusses the connection between spirituality and the inner self. Interest in the inner self was renewed during the late 1980s and 1990s, as part of Americans' quest for spirituality. This chapter begins with two examples of how the inner self has helped people find their spirituality...

...Tantra has emerged as a “cult of ecstasy”: an ideal wedding of sexuality and spirituality that provides a much needed corrective to the prudish, repressive, modern West. In the process, it has also spawned a variety of new spiritual forms, such as American Tantra, neo-Tantra, and even the Church...

...The air of psychological penetration and fugitive stillness is often astonishing. In place of a reclusive style of spirituality, the kinetic Jesuits took up the humanist ideal of engagement in the world. Celebrated for their educational accomplishments, missionary exploits, and organizational...

...This essay is a chapter from Suzuki’s book Japanese Spirituality (Nihon teki reisei). In it he presents the sayings, (along with his analysis) of two Shin Buddhists, Dōshū (d. 1516) of Akao and Asahara Saichi (1850-1932). Suzuki portrays them as examples...

...), this chapter takes LRA beliefs and actions in their singularity in ways that expose the limits of “rationality” and “humanity.” Releasing “rationality” and “humanity” helps better conceptualize how the LRA held at once military and spiritual tactics; magical-prophetic and modern-scientific time; Christian...

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...This chapter situates Rajneesh's early movement amid the debates over Indian religion, society, and economy in the late 1960s. Not only did Rajneesh make a name for himself through his iconoclastic spiritual ideas, he was also an outspoken critic of Indian economics and an early advocate...

...This concluding chapter dicusses Osho-Rajneesh's legacy and the impact of his life, teachings, and broader movement on the global dynamics of spirituality in the twenty-first century. Although Osho-Rajneesh himself died over twenty years ago, his influence has not only persisted but is now...

... as “spiritual but not religious.” The second concerns a Bible reading group initiative designed to take place in coffee shops and pubs. The idea here was to have Christians “getting it out in public”; witnessing politely, if you will—not sitting down with strangers, but sitting among them, such that faith could...

...This chapter highlights the Christian and the Islamic traditions of spirituality. Neither the Bible nor the Qur'ān was intended to be read as a manual of spirituality, but over the centuries Muslim and Christian spiritual guides have elaborated on their scriptures' allusions to the most important...

...This chapter provides a rich example of the many ways that spirituality can become the golden anchor and sustenance for women prisoners. Once a month, a group of women living at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California, and women from the community “outside” gather to breathe...

... space and spirituality, and helped the good folk of England to picture Chinese bodies. This chapter also discusses the perception of Chinese religion in England. China as entertainment Chinese clothing Flower of Asia A Great Missionary Exhibition Church Missionary Society children Bible as unique...

... Catholic politicians. In addition, there was some dissension from the Catholic grassroots. While the government remained stoic amidst the intensifying call for spirituality, Claire and many Catholics remained firm in their campaign, giving soldiers departing for war emblems and insignias adorned...

...This chapter explores how people use smartphones in popular culture to practice religion, focusing on the app, buddhify. It argues that buddhify is authentically religious because it communicates an experience of mindfulness through a procedural spirituality that poaches from video game play. Like...

.... Given such experiences, it should not be surprising that commentators have since film's early days explored the spiritual dimensions of this experience. This chapter shows that evangelical responses to popular culture are hardly monolithic. It suggests that faith and culture are always in dialogue...

... accomplished performers and most ardent fans, jazz appears not simply as a musical style, but as a cultural form intimately influenced by and influential upon American concepts of race, place, and spirituality....