Richard Hughes Seager

Biographic Data

ID4790625
NAMERichard Hughes Seager
GIVEN NAMESRichard Hughes
FAMILY NAMESeager
SIGNATURESEAGER R H
AFFILIATIONSHamilton College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX1

  • Gods in America

    Richard Hughes SeagerARTICLEJournal of American History2014

    Journal Article Gods in America: Religious Pluralism in the United States Get access Charles L. Cohen and Ronald L. Numbers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. xviii, 386 pp. Cloth, $99.00. Paper, $35.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 101, Issue 2, September 2014, Pages 670–671, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jau389 Published: 01 September 2014

  • Charisma and Compassion

    Richard Hughes SeagerARTICLESociology of Religion2010

    A rich, engaging ethnography, Charisma and Compassion, makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on modernist Buddhist movements and the means by which they flourish in a globalizing world. The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Merit Society is a lay organization, which claims five million members in more than 30 countries, the vast majority living in Taiwan. A form of socially engaged Buddhism, Tzu Chi, was founded by Venerable Ch…

  • Heartwood

    Richard Hughes SeagerARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…2007

    Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America, by Wendy Cadge, is an important contribution to understanding the complex, ongoing process of the formation of a uniquely American dhamma. A sociological inquiry, Heartwood is also an engaging read that artfully balances theoretical reflections on religion, globalization, and immigration with a critical, yet sympathetic, interpretation of the practice life of two American Buddhist …

  • Encountering the DharmaDaisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the Globalization of Buddhist Humanism

    Richard Hughes SeagerBOOKEncountering the Dharma2006

    This deeply personal book, illuminating the search for meaning in today's world, offers a rare insider's look at Soka Gakkai Buddhism, one of Japan's most influential and controversial religious movements, and one that is experiencing explosive growth around the world. Unique for its multiethnic make-up, Gakkai Buddhists can be found in more than 100 countries from Japan to Brazil to the United States and Germany. In this book, the author, an Ame…

  • The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans

    Richard Hughes SeagerARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2001

    Book Review| April 01 2001 The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans: An Interdisciplinary Investigation The Saints in the Lives of Italian-Americans: An Interdisciplinary Investigation, Joseph A. Varacalli, Salvatore Primeggia, Salvatore J. LaGumina and Donald J. D’Elia. Richard Hughes Seager Richard Hughes Seager Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2001) 20 (3): 160–161. https://doi.…

  • Houses of God

    Richard Hughes Seager, Peter W WilliamsARTICLEJournal of American History1998Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States. By Peter W. Williams. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. xx, 321 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-252-01906-7.) Get access Richard Hughes Seager Richard Hughes Seager Hamilton College, Clinton, New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 2, September 1998, Page 634, https://doi.org…

  • The World's Parliament of Religions

    Richard Hughes Seager, Richard SeagerBOOKThe World's Parliament of Religions1995

    A watershed event in American religious history

  • The Dawn of Religious Pluralism

    Sulak Sivaraksa, Sivaraksa Sulak et al.ARTICLEBuddhist-Christian Studies1995

    On September 11th, 1893, the Columbian Liberty Bell at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago sounded ten times - symbolising what were then considered the ten great religious traditions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. As the bell tolled, more than 60 religious leaders from around the globe proceded into the Hall of Columbus to gather in solemn assembly. The och…

  • The World's Parliament of Religions

    John M Mulder, Richard Hughes SeagerARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article The World's Parliament of Religions: The East/West Encounter, Chicago, 1893. By Richard Hughes Seager. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. xxxii, 208 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-253-35137-5.) Get access John M. Mulder John M. Mulder Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 3, December 19…

  • Pluralism and the American Mainstream

    Open AccessRichard Hughes SeagerARTICLEHarvard Theological Review1989

    The Examiner reported that throughout the day hundreds of would-be spectators and scalpers charging three and four dollars for tickets gathered on Chicago's downtown streets. The evening plenary session was repeated twice; each time “three thousand men and women were on their feet waving handkerchiefs, clapping hands, and cheering.” Julia Ward Howe “kissed her hand in benediction of the Parliament”; the “Jewish rabbi and the Catholic Bishop asked…