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The world's parliament of religions : the East/West encounter, Chicago, 1893 / Richard Hughes Seager.

Title
The world's parliament of religions : the East/West encounter, Chicago, 1893 / Richard Hughes Seager.
Author
Seager, Richard Hughes.
Publication
Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2009.

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Description
xli, 208 p. : ill., map, ports.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Religion in North America
Uniform Title
Religion in North America.
Subject
  • World's Parliament of Religions (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Religions > Relations
  • East and West > History > 19th century
  • Liberalism (Religion) > United States > History > 19th century
  • Liberalism (Religion) > History > 19th century
  • United States > Religion > 19th century
Note
  • Previous ed.: 1995.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-202) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Catherine L. Albanese, Stephen J. Stein -- Introduction -- [pt.] 1. A millennial city. The Columbian myth of America -- The Midway plaisance and the magic of the white city -- [pt.] 2. An ingathering of nations and tribes. Chicago's Pentecost -- On Mars Hill -- "A rapt gaze into the millennium" -- [pt.] 3. Further and fractious missions. Acs of apostles -- Beyond the white city -- Afterword.
ISBN
  • 9780253221667 (pbk.)
  • 0253221668 (pbk.)
OCLC
434562144
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library