| Description |
vi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-325). |
| Subject |
Hinduism -- History -- 20th century.
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Hindu sects -- History -- 20th century.
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Hinduism -- Missions -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Raymond Brady.
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| ISBN |
089012065X |
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