9780890120651 - A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and Abroad (3 Ergebnisse)

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First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; vi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-325). Contentss; Introduction: A Sacred Thread / Raymond Brady Williams -- Handing Down and Reaching Across: Stability and Movement in Indian Religious Traditions / John B. Carman -- Winning Souls for Siva: Arumuga Navalar's Transmission of the Saiva Religion / Dennis Hudson -- The Sankaracarya of Kanci and the Kamaksi Temple as Ritual Center / William Cenkner -- The Coronation of a Guru: Charisma, Politics, and Philosophy in Contemporary India / Glenn Yocum -- The Divine-Human Figure in the Transmission of Religious Tradition / Brian Hutchinson -- Rituals and Reinterpretation: South Indians in Southeast Asia / Fred W. Clothey -- Creating South Indian Hindu Experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan -- Transmission and Transformation of Rituals / K.K.A. Venkatachari -- Swaminaryan Temples and Rituals: Views of Two Sadhus / Vivekjivanadas Swami and Brahmviharidas Swami -- Transmission of a Swaminarayan Hindu Scripture in the British East Midlands / Douglas Brear -- Sacred Threads of Several Textures: Strategies of Adaptation in the United States / Raymond Brady Williams. Academic Study of Religion and Asian Indian-American College Students / John Y. Fenton -- A New International Religion: Radhasoami / Mark Juergensmeyer. Subjects; Hinduism History 20th century. Hindu sects History 20th century. Hinduism Missions History 20th century. 3 Kg.

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