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Homegrown Gurus : From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism /

"Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking shape. After a century of experimentation during which Americans welcomed Indian gurus who adjusted their teachings to accommodate the New World context, "American Hinduism" can now rightly be called its own tradi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williamson, Lola (Editor), Gleig, Ann (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ram Dass : The Vicissitudes of Devotion and the Ferocity of Grace / F.X. Charet
  • Building Tantric Infrastructure in America : Rudi's Western Kashmir Shaivism / Helen Crovetto
  • Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health / Ellen Goldberg
  • Swamis, Scholars, and Gurus : Siddha Yoga's American Legacy / Lola Williamson
  • A Life in Progress : The Biographies of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami / Richard D. Mann
  • Guru Authority, Ethnicity, and the Decline of New Vrindaban / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. and Henry Doktorski
  • Neo-Avaita in America : Three Representative Teachers / Philip Charles Lucas
  • From Being to Becoming, Transcending to Transforming : Andrew Cohen and the Evolution of Enlightenment / Ann Gleig
  • On Reason, Religion, and the Real / Jeffrey J. Kripal.