HINDU SELVES IN A MODERN WORLD by Maya Warrier ( 9780415339889 )

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Title:

HINDU SELVES IN A MODERN WORLD
GURU FAITH IN THE MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI MISSION

By:

Maya Warrier

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Hardback

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041533988X

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9780415339889

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

17 December, 2004

Series:

Routledge South Asian Religion Series

Pages:

200

Description:

This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications.

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.

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A GUIDE TO HINDUISM (PB)

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HINDU SELVES IN A MODERN WORLD