Based on the author's dissertation.--Introduction, page 2. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-361) and indexes.
Summary:
In 'The Secular Religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff : An Intellectual History of Anti-intellectualism in Modern America', Dave Vliegenthart offers an account of the life and teachings of the modern American mystic Franklin Merrell-Wolff (1887-1985), who combined secular and religious sources from eastern and western traditions in order to elaborate and legitimate his metaphysical claim to the realization of a transcendental reality beyond reason.
Series:
Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; volume 158
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