Hindu Selves in a Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission (Routledge South Asian Religion Series)
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- Synopsis
- This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, whom devotees worship as an avatar and a healer of the ills of the contemporary world. By drawing upon multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork among the mata's primarily urban, educated 'middle class' Indian devotees, the author provides crucial insights into new trends in popular Hinduism in a post-colonial and rapidly modernising Indian setting.
- Copyright:
- 2005
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134298938
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203462065, 9780415339889, 9780415339889
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 04/26/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Maya Warrier
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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