Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. 1 Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions 1
6. Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/ Heterodox Boundary
7. 2 The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton 27
8. 3 Anthony Trollope’s Religion 45
9. 4 The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold’s Theology 67
10. Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism
11. 5 Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka 85
12. 6 Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens’s The English Governess at the Siamese Court 115
13. Part III: The Turn to Occultism
14. 7 Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England 141
15. 8 The Economics of Immortality 164
16. Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain
17. Conclusion From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities 185
18. Notes 213
19. Bibliography 229
20. Index 251