Synopses & Reviews
Philosopher Jacob Needleman's groundbreaking study of America's alternative spiritual movements is back in print with a new introduction by the author.
Originally published in 1970, The New Religions was the first full-scale study of alternative spirituality in America. It remains unparalleled for the intellectual depth and seriousness with which it regards Eastern, New Age, and alternative faiths on the American landscape.
Needlemans writing and reportage are unfailingly thoughtful and incisive as he illuminates topics that other scholars failed to consider or could not fully grasp.
Review
The best survey of transplanted Oriental mysticism in America.
Theodore Roszak
Of all books published to date on todays spiritual revolution, Jacob Needlemans The New Religions is clearly superior . . . indispensable and invaluable.
Robert Galbreath, The Journal of Popular Culture
Needleman is the first thoughtful author to present the teachings of the new spiritual renaissance to the general public.
San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle
About the Author
The acclaimed author of An Unknown World, What is God, The American Soul, Why Cant We Be Good? and Money and the Meaning of Life, Jacob Needleman is Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, and former Director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. He lives in Oakland, CA.