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The White Buddhist : The Asian Odyssey of Henry Steel Olcott
Overview
Denounced by the New York Times as an "unmitigated rascal" while simultaneously being lauded as a reincarnation of Gautama Buddha himself, Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907) was friend to Madame Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, and an indefatigable reformer and culture broker between East and West. Olcott helped bring about a new spiritual creation, Protestant Buddhism, a creative creolization of American Protestantism, traditional Theravada Buddhism, and other influences. Stephen Prothero's portrait of Olcott is an engaging study of spiritual quest and cross-cultural encounters.
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- ISBN-13: 9780253222763
- ISBN-10: 0253222761
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publish Date: November 2010
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.21 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.93 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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