Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain.

Spirit Matters -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions -- Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/Heterodox Boundary -- 2. The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- 3. Anthony Trollope's Religion: The Orthodox/Heterodox Boundary -- 4. The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold's Theology -- Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism -- 5. Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka: William Knighton's Forest Life in Ceylon -- 6. Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens's The English Governess at the Siamese Court -- Part III: The Turn to Occultism -- 7. Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England -- 8. The Economics of Immortality: The Demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment Vitalism, and Political Economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain -- Conclusion: From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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