Caitanya Vaisnavism in Bengal - Social Impact and Historical Implications

Summary

This book focusses on the relationship between the ‘transcendent’ intentionality of religious faith of human beings and their ‘mundane’ socio-cultural ways of living, through a detailed study of the social implications of the Caitanya Vai??ava devotional Hindu tradition in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph T. O'Connell, Joseph T. O''connell, O'Connell Joseph T.
• Assisted by: Rembert Lutjeharms (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138334335
• ISBN: 978-1-138-33433-5
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Religion: general, Hinduism, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs