Guru English : South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language /

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Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies fro...

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Main Author: Aravamudan, Srinivas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion
Religion > Study and teaching.
Religion and culture.
English language > Social aspects.
English language > Religious aspects.
Cosmopolitanism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Cosmopolitisme > Inde.
Religion et culture.
Cosmopolitanism > India.
English language > Social aspects > South Asia.
English language > South Asia > Religious aspects.
Englisch.
Südasien
South Asia.
India.
South Asia > Religion > Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Theolinguistics: Orientalists, Brahmos, Vedantins, and Yogis; Chapter Two From Indian Romanticism to Guru Literature; Chapter Three Theosophistries; Chapter Four The Hindu Sublime, or Nuclearism Rendered Cultural; Chapter Five Blasphemy, Satire, and Secularism; Chapter Six New Age Enchantments; Afterword; Notes; Index.

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