Description: Stephen Prothero's portrait of Olcott is an engaging study of spiritual quest and cross-cultural encounters.
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"An important study of a remarkable 19th-century American."--Choice
"Prothero has succeeded in creating a portrait of Olcott that will shape future scholarship. . . . Engaging and succinct."--Gnosis Magazine
"The first scholarly biographical study of [this] influential figure; its use of "creolization" theory adds to ongoing conversations about how to understand contact, colonialism, and conversion."--Religious Studies Review
"A meticulous story of a very colorful subject. In the process, [Prothero] assists the understanding of religious pluralism in our current age."--Church History
"Prothero's study should interest not only scholars in the field but students of Asian religions and American religious history generally."--Journal of American History