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| "Creolization" In American Religious History: The Metaphysical Nature Of Henry Steel Olcott's Buddhism | ||
| 作者 | McMahan, Kathleen Ann (著) |
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| 出版日期 | 2008.01 |
| 頁次 | 66 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 碩士 |
| 校院名稱 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 系所名稱 | Religious Studies |
| 指導教授 | Lynn Ross-Bryant |
| 關鍵詞 | Philosophy; religion and theology; American; Blavatsky; Metaphysical; Olcott; Theosophical |
| 摘要 | Henry Steel Olcott, as both co-founder and President of the Theosophical Society, along with being a self-proclaimed Buddhist, presents an interesting case study in understanding how religious pluralism developed and acted on individuals during the turn of the century in American religious history. While many scholars have researched the Asian influences on the Theosophical Society, very few have looked at Olcott specifically. This paper hopes to remedy this problem by presenting not only Olcott's metaphysical upbringing as justification for how he understood Buddhism, but it also hopes to demonstrate the power that Buddhism had over Olcott's understanding of the metaphysical. Using "creolization" as its main tool, this paper suggests that an exchange of ideas was occurring in Olcott's journeys throughout Asia as the Theosophical Society grew from a purely occultist group focused on scientific approaches to spiritual phenomena, to one that claimed a more Buddhist identity. This paper supports the notion that Olcott's religious pluralism remained a steady factor throughout his life, and demonstrated itself most fully in what this paper identifies as "Theosophical Buddhism." |
| 點閱次數 | 788 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.04.17 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.04.17 |
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