Spirit Matters: Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, And The Crisis Of Faith In Victorian Britain

Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions -- The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary -- The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology -- Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon -- Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court -- Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England -- The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities

• | Author: J. Jeffrey Franklin
• | Publisher: Cornell University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1501715445
• | ISBN-13: 9781501715440