The Hare Krishna movement : the postcharismatic fate of a religious transplant /

Dancing and chanting with their shaven heads and saffron robes, Hare Krishnas presented the most visible face of any of the eastern religions transplanted to the West during the sixties and seventies. Yet few people know much about them. This comprehensive study includes more than twenty contributio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bryant, Edwin F. (Edwin Francis), 1957-, Ekstrand, Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
Temas:
International Society for Krishna Consciousness > History.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness
Hinduism.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART 1. KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CONTEXT OF HINDU THEOLOGY
  • Krishna, the intimate deity / Graham M. Schweig
  • The history of Indic monotheism and modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism: some reflections / Neal Delmonico
  • Hare Krishna Mahamantra: Gaudiya Vaishnava practice and the Hindu tradition of sacred sound / Guy L. Beck
  • Krishna in Mleccha Desh: ISKCON temple workship in historical perspective / Kenneth Valpey (Krishna Kshetra Das)
  • PART 2. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI AND HIS PREDECESSORS
  • Who is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu? / Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Das)
  • Charismatic renewal and institutionalization in the history of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the Gaudiya Math / Jan Brzezinski
  • Bhaktivinoda and scriptural literalism / Shukavak N. Das
  • The guru, Mayavadins, and women: tracing the origins of selected polemical statements in the work of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami / Ekkehard Lorenz
  • Bhaktivedanta Swami's preaching in the context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism / Paul H. Sherbow
  • PART 3. POST-BHAKTIVEDANTA CONTROVERSIES OF LINEAGE
  • Cleaning house and cleaning hearts: reform and renewal in ISKCON / William H. Deadwyler (Ravindra Svarupa Das)
  • The guardian of devotion: disappearance and rejection of the spiritual master in ISKCON after 1977 / Swami Bhakti Bhavana Vishnu
  • The no change in ISKCON paradigm / Krishnakant Desai [and others]
  • The "routinization of charisma" and the charismatic: the confrontation between ISKCON and Narayana Maharaja / Irvin H. Collins
  • PART 4. HERESIES
  • Doctrinal controversy and the group dynamic / Conrad Joseph (Kundali Das)
  • Heresy and the Jiva debate / Howard Resnick (Hridayananda Das Goswami)
  • PART 5. SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Airports, conflict, and change in the Hare Krishna movement / E. Burke Rochford Jr.
  • Healing the heart of ISKCON: the place of women / Kim Knott
  • Life as a woman on Watseka Avenue: personal story I / Nori J. Muster
  • Child abuse and the Hare Krishnas: history and response / David Wolf
  • Fifteen years later: a critique of Gurukula: personal story II / Gabriel Deadwyler (Yudhishthira Das)
  • Race, monarchy, and gender: Bhaktivedanta Swami's social experiment / Ekkehard Lorenz
  • PART 6. REEVALUATIONS
  • On leaving ISKCON: personal story III / Steven J. Gelberg
  • On staying in ISKCON: personal story IV / Michael Grant (Mukunda Goswami), Anuttama Das Adhikari
  • Re-visioning ISKCON: constructive theologizing for reform and renewal / Thomas Herzig (Tamal Krishna Goswami), Kenneth Valpey (Krishna Kshetra Das)
  • Concluding reflections / Edwin F. Bryant, Maria L. Ekstrand.

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