Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal

Social Impact and Historical Implications
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-58353-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 444 g

Reihe: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

This book focusses on the relationship between the ‘transcendent’ intentionality of religious faith of human beings and their ‘mundane’ socio-cultural ways of living, through a detailed study of the social implications of the Caitanya Vaisnava devotional Hindu tradition in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Connell, Joseph T.

Lutjeharms, Rembert

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph T. O’Connell was Professor Emeritus in the Study of Religion in the Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada. This book represents the culmination of his lifetime of scholarship.