Jeffrey J. Kripal Academic Papers
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 It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.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
- Creation: 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
Abstract
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 It includes correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, course materials, and on-going research.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.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- 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
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu