CARL T. JACKSON is Professor of History and Dean of the college of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, El Paso.

• Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. SteinPreface1. The Nineteenth-Century Background2. The Founders: Ramakrishna and Vivekananda3. Trials of Survival: The Organization of an American Movement4. Vedanta for Americans: The Teachings of the Ramakrishna Movement5. The Appeals of Vedanta6. The Movement since the 1920s7. The Ramakrishna Movement in History: Past, Present, and FutureAppendix: Vedanta CentersNotesBibliographical EssayIndexIllustrations follow page 36

CARL T. JACKSON is Professor of History and Dean of the college of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, El Paso.

• Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. SteinPreface1. The Nineteenth-Century Background2. The Founders: Ramakrishna and Vivekananda3. Trials of Survival: The Organization of an American Movement4. Vedanta for Americans: The Teachings of the Ramakrishna Movement5. The Appeals of Vedanta6. The Movement since the 1920s7. The Ramakrishna Movement in History: Past, Present, and FutureAppendix: Vedanta CentersNotesBibliographical EssayIndexIllustrations follow page 36