Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Anthropology and the Limits of Secular Reason; 2 Gnosticism and the Pursuit of the Sacred; 3 Traditionalism: A Dialectic of Authenticity; 4 Gnostics, Religion, and the (Mis)Recognition of Modernity; 5 Modern Mystics: Toward a Gnostic Science; 6 The Inner Journey of the Gnostic Self: Ethics and Politics; 7 Other Worlds or Ours? Sacred/Secular/Gnostic/Modern; 8 What if Culture Did Not Matter? Asian Studies and the New Universalism(s); Notes; References; Index
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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Asia, modernity, and the pursuit of the sacred.
International Standard Book Number
1137567945
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Christianity and other religions-- Asian.
East and West.
Ethnology-- Religious aspects.
Mysticism-- Europe-- History-- 20th century.
Spirituality-- Europe-- History-- 20th century.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Asia, Religion, Study and teaching, Europe, History, 20th century.