Vedanta for the West : the Ramakrishna movement in the United States /

The Ramakrishna movement was the very first and in many ways the most important Asian religious group to appear in America. Founded on the teachings of the nineteenth-century Bengali visionary Sri Ramakrishna, the movement was brought to the United States in 1893 by Swami Vivekananda, a disciple of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Carl T., 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1994.
Colección:Religion in North America.
Temas:
Ramakrishna, > 1836-1886.
Vivekananda, > Swami, > 1863-1902.
Ramakrishna, > 1836-1886
Vivekananda, > Swami, > 1863-1902
Ramakrishna Math > Missions > United States > History.
Ramakrishna Math
Hinduism > Missions > United States > History.
Hindouisme > Missions > États-Unis > Histoire.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Hinduism > Missions
Missions
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
  • 1. The Nineteenth-Century Background
  • 2. The Founders: Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
  • 3. Trials of Survival: The Organization of an American Movement
  • 4. Vedanta for Americans: The Teachings of the Ramakrishna Movement
  • 5. The Appeals of Vedanta
  • 6. The Movement since the 1920s
  • 7. The Ramakrishna Movement in History: Past, Present, and Future
  • Appendix: Vedanta Centers.

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