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  • Hindu Selves in a Modern Worldby Maya Warrier

    RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 180.00

    This book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. more...

  • Tantraby Hugh B. Urban

    University of California Press 2003; US$ 28.95

    A complex body of religious practices that spread throughout the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions; a form of spirituality that seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life?Tantra has held a central yet conflicted role within the Western imagination ever since the first "discovery" of Indian religions by European scholars. Always radical, always extremely Other, Tantra has proven a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon has come to be. Tracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, Hugh B. Urban reveals how it has been formed through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations.... more...

  • Seeing Krishnaby Margaret H. Case

    Oxford University Press 1999; US$ 35.00

    This work aims to offer a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for worshipers of Krishna. This priestly family has arguably been the most creative force in this important town. more...

  • Attending Krishna's Imageby Kenneth Russell Valpey

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 170.00

    There is a growing scholarly interest in Hindu religion. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. This book extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and comparative dimensions and considering Krishna worship in the context of modernity, both in India and the West. more...

  • Self-Surrender (prapatti) to God in Shrivaishnavismby Srilata Raman

    Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 39.95

    This study fills a gap in Shrivaishnava scholarship, making an important contribution to contemporary Indian and Hindu thinking on religion. more...

  • The Chaitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvamiby Ravi M. Gupta

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 160.00

    In this book, Ravi Gupta sheds new light on the contribution of Chaitanya Vaishnava to the realm of Indian philosophy. more...

  • Kites over the Mango Treeby Janet Powers

    ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 105.00

    Hindu nationalists in the west Indian state of Gujarat repudiate the pluralist vision of Gandhi and Nehru and foment state-sponsored violence and ethnic cleansing against Muslims and Christians. In 2002, the burning to death of 59 rightwing Hindu militants in a train in Gujarat set off waves of state-condoned communal riots in which as many as 2,000 predominantly Muslim Gujaratis were murdered and 200,000 made homeless. In the wake of these atrocities, secular peace-building organizations have redoubled their efforts to heal the rift between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat. A certified mediator, Janet Powers bases her book on interviews with workers in twenty of these peace-building NGOs and grassroots peace organizations, which are locked in... more...

  • Yearning to Belongby John Paul Healy

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95

    Cutting across three areas of interest within New Religious Movements - insider perspectives, sociology of religion and the helping professions - Yearning to Belong explores insiders' experience of the Indian Guru-disciple Yogic tradition. Authored by a former member of that tradition and highlighting the rich spiritual experience of devotees, this book also adds considerably to knowledge of conversion to New Religious Movements and to issues of affiliation and disengagement. Exploring participants' experience of attraction, affiliation and disengagement, these themes highlight individuals' personal experience of Guru-disciple Yoga Practice. more...

  • The Heart of Tantric Sexby Diana Richardson

    O-Books 2010; US$ 9.99

    After many years of exploration, Diana Richardson found that the ancient practice of Tantra, with its unique, intelligent approach to sex, had the effect of enhancing intimacy and deepening love. Here she has adapted Tantra for modern Western lovers in a practical, sympathetic way. Tantric Sex can transform your experience into a more sensual, loving and fulfilling one. more...

  • The Founder of the Hare Krishnas as Seen by Devoteesby Kimmo Ketola

    BRILL 2008; US$ 162.00

    The Hare Krishna movement is one of the most well-known new religious movements in the Western societies. It was founded in New York in 1966 by the Indian monk A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda (1896-1977). more...