Finding God through yoga: Paramahansa Yogananda and modern American religion in a global age

Paramahansa Yogananda, the father of yoga in the West -- The making of a modern religious seeker: from Mukunda Lal Ghosh to Swami Yogananda, 1893-1920 -- The founding of a home for scientific religion: Swami Yogananda and Southern California's spiritual frontier, 1920-1925 -- The creation of a...

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Main Author: Neumann, David J. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Hinduism / Yoga
B Yogānanda 1893-1952 / USA / Hinduism / Mission (international law
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Yogananda 1893-1952
B Biography 1893-1952
B Yogananda Paramahansa (1893-1952)
B Yogis Biography United States
B Yogis (United States) Biography
B United States Religion
B Self-Realization Fellowship History
B Hinduism (United States) History
B Yoga
B Hinduism History United States
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Summary:Paramahansa Yogananda, the father of yoga in the West -- The making of a modern religious seeker: from Mukunda Lal Ghosh to Swami Yogananda, 1893-1920 -- The founding of a home for scientific religion: Swami Yogananda and Southern California's spiritual frontier, 1920-1925 -- The creation of a yogi guru persona: marketing Swami Yogananda and his yoga instruction, 1925-1935 -- The apotheosis of a global guru: Paramahansa Yogananda and his autobiography, 1933-1946 -- The death of an immortal guru: charisma, succession, and Paramahansa Yogananda's legacy, 1946-1952
"In this critical biography, David Neumann tells the story of Yogananda's fascinating life and interprets his position in religious history, transnational modernity, and American culture as a reverse missionary who intentionally preached his message of Hindu yogic philosophy in a land that routinely sent its own evangelists to India. Beginning with Yogananda's spiritual investigations in his native India, Neumann tells how this early "global guru" emigrated to the United States in 1920 and established his headquarters, the Self-Realization Order, in Los Angeles, where it continues today"--
Item Description:Bibliografie Seite 309-336 und Index
ISBN:1469648628