Winged Faith : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement

Winged Faith : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement / Tulasi Srinivas.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Srinivas, Tulasi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Sathya Sai Baba, > 1926-2011 > Cult.
Sathya Sai Baba, > 1926-2011
Globalization > Religious aspects.
Religious pluralism.
RELIGION > General.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Cults
Globalization > Religious aspects
Religious pluralism
Religiöser Pluralismus
Globalisierung
Globalisierung.
Religiöser Pluralismus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Toward Cultural Understanding; 1. Becoming God: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba; 2. Deus Loci: Economies of Faith, Sacred Travel, and the Building of a Moral Architecture; 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community: Divine Darshan and the Practices of Transnational Devotion; 4. Renegotiating the Body: Muscular Morality, Truancy, and the Satisfaction of Desire; 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power: The Global Sai Organization and the Anti-Sai Network.
  • 6. Out of God's Hands: Reframing Material WorldsIn Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged Cosmopolitanism; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

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