The Mystical State by Arthur Versluis
This book traces how mystical, esoteric, and spiritually inflected ideas have been woven into American public life and national identity, arguing that devotional experiences, prophetic rhetoric, and alternative spiritual movements have been enlisted to legitimate political projects and shape collective self-understanding; through historical case studies it shows the recurrent interplay between personal mystical practice and broader currents of religious nationalism, revealing how spirituality has functioned as both a private quest and a public force in constructing the meanings of nation and citizenship.
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