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Jeffrey J. Kripal Academic Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 383
Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The Jeffrey J. Kripal Papers mostly covers Kripal’s tenure at Rice University up to 2015 (and will eventually cover at least up to 2019) but also reaches as far back as 1970. It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.

Dates

  • 1970 - 2015

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from the Jeffrey Kripal Academic Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical / Historical

Jeffrey John Kripal (born 1962) is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought and former chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University.

His works include the study of comparative erotics and ethics in mystical literature, American countercultural translations of Asian religions, and the history of Western esotericism from gnosticism to New Age religions. Major publications include Kali's Child (1995), Esalen: Ameica and the Religion of No Religion (2007), and Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred (2011).

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Extent

10 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

The Jeffrey J. Kripal Papers mostly covers Kripal’s tenure at Rice University up to 2015 (and will eventually cover at least up to 2019) but also reaches as far back as 1970. It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series: Series I: Correspondence and supporting materials; Series II: Works; Series III: Works by others; Series IV: Courses, calendars, research, audio/visual; Series V: Oversize

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers were received from Jeffrey Kripal on 8-15-2015, 01-06-2016, 06-01-2016, 08-16-2016.

Related Materials

Anne and Whitley Strieber Collection, MS 702

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Jeffrey Kripal Academic Papers, 1970-2015
Status
Unprocessed Addenda
Author
Lee Pecht
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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