Srinivas Winged Faith

Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-52052-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Srinivas, Tulasi

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Worlds
In Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged Cosmopolitanism
Appendix
Notes
References
Index

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.