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Arthur Versluis

Entity ID:
arthur-versluis
Long Name:
Versluis, Arthur, 1959-....
Short Name:
Arthur Versluis
Disambiguation String:
Professor of American Studies
Entity Type:
person
Entity Subtype:
author
Summary:

Versluis is a professor in the College of Arts & Letters at Michigan State University, holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and has published numerous books and articles. Among his books are Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esotericism (Rowman Littlefield, 2007), The New Inquisitions: Heretic-hunting and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Totalitarianism (Oxford UP, 2006), Restoring Paradise: Esoteric Transmission through Literature and Art (SUNY: 2004); The Esoteric Origins of the American Renaissance (Oxford UP: 2001); Wisdom’s Book: The Sophia Anthology, (Paragon House, 2000); Island Farm (MSU Press, 2000); Wisdom’s Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition (SUNY: 1999); and American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions(Oxford UP, 1993).

His family has owned a commercial farm in West Michigan for several generations, and so he also published a book called Island Farm about the family farm, and about family farming in the modern era. Versluis was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Germany, and is the founding editor of Esoterica, and co-editor of JSR: Journal for the Study of Radicalism. He is the founding president of the Association for the Study of Esotericism.

Viaf ID:
7520248
DB Pedia ID:
Arthur_Versluis
Biblical Status:
Not Biblical
Is An Individual:
Yes
Is Published:
Yes
Birth Date:
May 5, 1959
Occupation:
Professor of American Studies
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