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Hindu Selves in a Modern Worldby Maya Warrier
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 180.00This 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$ 28.95A 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$ 35.00This 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$ 170.00There 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$ 39.95This 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$ 160.00In 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$ 105.00Hindu 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$ 99.95Cutting 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$ 9.99After 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$ 162.00The 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...