Description
Book SynopsisA meeting of American Protestantism with Asian religious traditions
Trade ReviewAn important study of a remarkable 19th-century American.
* Choice *
Prothero has succeeded in creating a portrait of Olcott that will shape future scholarship. . . . Engaging and succinct.
* Gnosis Magazine *
The first scholarly biographical study of [this] influential figure; its use of "creolization" theory adds to ongoing conversations about how to understand contact, colonialism, and conversion.
* Religious Studies Review *
A meticulous story of a very colorful subject. In the process, [Prothero] assists the understanding of religious pluralism in our current age.
* Church History *
Prothero's study should interest not only scholars in the field but students of Asian religions and American religious history generally.
* Journal of American History *
Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1. Universal Reformer
2. From Spiritualism to Theosophy
3. An Errand to Asia
4. The Sinhalese Buddhist Revival
5. A United Buddhist World
6. The Indian Renaissance
7. Things Fall Apart
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
