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Is mark nepo a christian3/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman are never far from the discussion, and I was pleased to hear tell of John Chapman (later immortalized as Johnny Appleseed), whose affection for all creatures extended to a hornet that stung him repeatedly, and of the story behind such best sellers as Ralph Waldo Trine’s In Tune with the Infinite (“Dear everybody, I love you”), which had no rival saleswise till the appearance of Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking. Schmidt hopes to familiarize readers with the little-known history of America’s “spiritual left.” Apart from the dangers of anachronistically grouping eclectic voices into a culture of “seeker spirituality,” this kind of compilation can be a tricky business.
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