Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism

Includes up-to-date information about growth, geographic expansion, leadership transitions, and the impact of Swaminarayan institutions in India and abroad.

List of contents

1. The beginnings of Swaminarayan Hinduism; 2. Growth, administration, and schism; 3. The structure of Swaminarayan theology; 4. The sacred world; 5. Dharma: the disciplined life; 6. The sacred thread: transmission of tradition; 7. Transnational growth of Swaminarayan Hinduism.

About the author

Raymond Brady Williams is LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities emeritus and Professor of Religion (Chair) emeritus of Wabash College, Indiana. He began his research on Swaminarayan Hinduism in 1976 for books, including A New Face of Hinduism (Cambridge, 1984), An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism (Cambridge, 2001), and Swaminarayan Hinduism, editor (2016). His research on immigrants was published as Religions of Immigrants from India and Pakistan: New Threads in the American Tapestry (Cambridge, 1988) and Christian Pluralism in the United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience (Cambridge, 1996). He is the founder of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion and the journal, Teaching Theology and Religion.

Summary

Accessible and relevant to scholars, students, and the public interested in Hinduism, comparative religions, interfaith discourse, immigrants, and transnational movements. This new edition includes up-to-date information about growth, geographic expansion, leadership transitions, and the impact of Swaminarayan institutions in India and abroad.

Product details

• Authors: Mr. Raymond Brady (Wabash College Williams, Raymond Williams, Raymond (Wabash College Williams, Raymond Brady Williams, Raymond Brady (Wabash College Williams, Williams Raymond Brady
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781108431514
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43151-4
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Introduction to Religion; Introduction to Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Religious social & pastoral thought & activity, Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies