Spiritual Politics: Religion and America Since World War II

by Mark Silk

Overview

From Simon & Schuster, Spiritual Politics is Mark Silk's exploration of religion and America since World War II.

A social history of the people and ideas that have shaped American culture in the postwar era shows how Americans have pursued a national religion while operating as spiritual individuals and reveals how religion operates in business.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671675639
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	04/15/1989
Series:	Touchstone Book Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Mark Silk is an academic. He is Professor of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College, where he also serves as the Director the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life. In addition, Silk is a Contributing Editor of the Religion News Service, specializing in Spiritual Politics.

Editorial Reviews

This is a fascinating and involving study of the cosmic, karmic and etheric dimensions of politics, world affairs and current events. Drawing from the great spiritual traditions, practices and practitioners, McLaughlin and Davidson, cofounders of the New Synthesis Think Tank and the Sirius Ecological Community, meticulously present the role of metaphysics in the political realm. Looking to ancient wisdom for answers to today's social, economic and environmental ills, they offer a new paradigm of transformational politics: making the political personal through spiritual practice and using this transformational paradigm to change the world from the inside out. (``We must transform ourselves if we intend to transform the world.'') In uniting politics with spirituality, the authors describe their concept of the Divine (including reincarnation and a transhuman ``Invisible Government'' of spiritual guides) in the solemn tone of scholarly reportage. Information-intensive and chock full of empowering suggestions, intriguing stories and uplifting examples of how individuals and groups can make an impact, this thought-provoking assemblage is an enriching, mind-opening book for seekers of spiritual wisdom and political solutions. (Aug.)

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