Winged Faith

Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-14933-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 294 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 592 g

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 from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world.

This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located in an alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It considers how acts of "sacred spectating" and illusion, "moral stakeholding" and the problems of community are debated and experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully understood community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Srinivas, Tulasi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgmentsNote on TranslationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Toward Cultural Understanding1. Becoming God: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba2. Deus Loci: Economies of Faith, Sacred Travel, and the Building of a Moral Architecture3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community: Divine Darshan and the Practices of Transnational Devotion4. Renegotiating the Body: Muscular Morality, Truancy, and the Satisfaction of Desire5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power: The Global Sai Organization and the Anti-Sai Network6. Out of God's Hands: Reframing Material WorldsIn Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged CosmopolitanismAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Tulasi Srinivas is assistant professor of anthropology at Emerson College, specializing in South Asia, with a focus on issues of globalization, religion, and identity.