Yogi Calisthenics: What the “non-Yoga” Yogic Practice of Paramahansa Yogananda Can Tell Us about Religion
Postural yoga, due to its rising cultural and economic capital, has been adopted as a fundamental aspect of Hindu religious identity and touted as India’s universal gift to the world. This article interrogates the implications of accepting a partially foreign—or at least syncretized—and even secular...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2017]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 494-526 |
RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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