RELIGN 177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Agape International Spiritual Center, Interfaith Dialogue, Helena Blavatsky
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Parliament of the world"s religions (chicago, 1893) during chicago"s world fair (1892-1893)-27 million visitors from 46 countries over the course of 1 year take advantage of rare cross-cultural and inter-religious traf c. Rst modern international and interfaith gathering promoted interfaith unity and inter-religious dialogue and understanding. Notable firsts at chicago parliament intro of hinduism and yoga to american audience presentations about traditions that were largely unknown:buddhism and islam. Ecumenical versus interreligious dialogue ecumenical: existing among christian traditions and denominations (usually protestant, but now catholic and orthodox) The whole world together interreligious and interfaith dialogue: existing among different religious and spiritual traditions. Rise of metaphysical communities in late 19th century (1 mil-2 mil) New age philosophies and spiritualities family of traditions and difference: spiritualism, theosophy, new thought, hermeticism, Astrology, occult, magic, witchcraft, christian science, scientology emphasis on secret/concealed knowledge. De nition according to dell de chant from neusner reading (pg 253)
