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6%OFFStephen Prothero - The White Buddhist. The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott.  - 9780253222763 - V9780253222763
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The White Buddhist. The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott.

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Description for The White Buddhist. The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott. Paperback. A meeting of American Protestantism with Asian religious traditions Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.

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.

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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Religion in North America
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253222763
SKU
V9780253222763
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About Stephen Prothero
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 ... Read more

Reviews for The White Buddhist. The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott.
An important study of a remarkable 19th-century American.
Choice
Prothero has succeeded in creating a portrait of Olcott that will shape future scholarship. . . . Engaging and succinct.
Gnosis Magazine
The first scholarly biographical study of [this] influential figure; its use of "creolization" theory adds to ongoing conversations about how to understand contact, colonialism, and ... Read more

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