Hare Krishna Movement The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant

Name: Hare Krishna Movement The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant
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ISBN: 9780231122566

ISBN-10: 023112256X

ISBN-13: 9780231122566

Edition: 2004

Authors: Edwin Bryant, Maria Ekstrand

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For many the Hare Krishna movement continues to be the most visible face of any eastern religion transplanted into the West. This volume discusses the successes & failures of the movement, the difficulties it has faced in putting down roots in foreign soil & recent schisms following on the death of the founder.

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List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 6/23/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.33" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English

EDWIN F. BRYANTreceived his PhD in Indology from Columbia University. He is a professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University, and also teaches workshops on the yoga su- tras and other Hindu texts in yoga communities around the world.

Edwin F. Bryant is assistant professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University. His publications include The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Cultureand Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God, Srimad Bhagavata Purana Book Ten.Maria L. Ekstrand is a psychologist on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco who was involved in the development of ISKCON's child abuse investigation guidelines.



Contributors


Foreword



Introduction




Krishna Consciousness in the Context of Hindu Theology



Krishna, the Intimate Deity




The History of Indic Monotheism and Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism: Some Reflections




Hare Krishna Mahamantra: Gaudiya Vaishnava Practice and the Hindu Tradition of Sacred Sound




Krishna in Mleccha Desh: ISKCON Temple Worship in Historical Perspective




Bhaktivedanta Swami and His Predecessors



Who Is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?




Charismatic Renewal and Institutionalization in the History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the Gaudiya Math




Bhaktivinoda and Scriptural Literalism




The Guru, Mayavadins, and Women: Tracing the Origins of Selected Polemical Statements in the Work of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami




Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism




Post-Bhaktivedanta Controversies of Lineage



Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON




The Guardian of Devotion: Disappearance and Rejection of the Spiritual Master in ISKCON After 1977




The No Change in ISKCON Paradigm




The "Routinization of Charisma" and the Charismatic: The Confrontation Between ISKCON and Narayana Maharaja




Heresies



Doctrinal Controversy and the Group Dynamic




Heresy and the Jiva Debate




Social Issues



Airports, Conflict, and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement




Healing the Heart of ISKCON: The Place of Women




Life as a Woman on Watseka Avenue: Personal Story I




Child Abuse and the Hare Krishnas: History and Response




Fifteen Years Later: A Critique of Gurukula: Personal Story II




Race, Monarchy, and Gender: Bhaktivedanta Swami's Social Experiment




Reevaluations



On Leaving ISKCON: Personal Story III




On Staying in ISKCON: Personal Story IV




Re-Visioning ISKCON: Constructive Theologizing for Reform and Renewal



Concluding Reflections



Glossary


Index