Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism

Name: Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism
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ISBN: 9780521654227

ISBN-10: 052165422X

ISBN-13: 9780521654227

Edition: 2001

Authors: Raymond Brady Williams

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An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism is a comprehensive study of a modern form of Hinduism that is growing in the place of its birth in the Indian state of Gujarat and among Indian immigrants in east Africa, Great Britain, and the United States. It is the most prominent form of transnational Hinduism because it creates networks that define and preserve ethnic and religious identity in the modern context of rapid mobility and communication. Founded by Sahajanand Swami or Swaminarayan (1781-1830), a religious reformer in a time of great social and political change in Gujarat, Swaminarayan Hinduism expounds a path of devotion to Swaminarayan as the final, perfect manifestation of God.…

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction



The beginnings of Swaminarayan Hinduism



Growth, administration and schism



The structure of Swaminarayan theology



The sacred world



Dharma: the disciplined life



The sacred thread: transmission of tradition



Transnational growth of Swaminarayan Hinduism