Winged Faith : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement /
The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and ""New Age""--Style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Chichester :
Columbia University Press,
©2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and ""New Age""--Style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231520522 0231520522 1280599707 9781280599705 9786613629548 6613629545 |