Hindu Selves in a Modern World

Name: Hindu Selves in a Modern World
Brand: Routledge
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This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, whom devotees worship as an avatar and a healer of the ills of the contemporary world. By drawing upon multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork among the mata's primarily urban, educated 'middle class' Indian devotees, the author provides crucial insights into new trends in popular Hinduism in a post-colonial and rapidly modernising Indian setting.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 198
Release Date:: 2005-02-01
Publication Date:: 2004-12-17
Publisher:: Routledge
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 041533988X
ISBN13:: 9780415339889
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:: 10
Maximum Reading Age:: 80
Weight:: 387 g
Height:: 145 cm
Width:: 222 cm
Thickness:: 14 cm

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