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The Buddha's Midwife: Paul Carus and the Spread of Buddhism in America

The Buddha's Midwife: Paul Carus and the Spread of Buddhism in America

Haller, John S.

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PhilosophyBuddhismGeneral Eastern Religions

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ISBN10: 1637700415
ISBN13: 9781637700419
Publisher: Open Universe
Published: Jan 10 2023
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
Between the Parliament of Religions which met in Chicago in 1893 at the time of the Columbian Exposition, and World War I, Asian religions and philosophies made a significant impact on the United States, causing a profound change in thinking about them, including their relevance to the present. More so than any other religion, Buddhism became a crutch for those who, in the final decades of the nineteenth century, became disillusioned with Christianity's claim to superiority over all other faiths. Like so many intellectuals at the time, Carus was seeking a path from the older theologies into a new secular world and its uncertain future. Through The Buddha's Midwife, Paul Carus not only brought elements of Buddhism to the United States, but much of the Western world.


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