Homegrown gurus: from Hinduism in America to American Hinduism

Ram Dass : The Vicissitudes of Devotion and the Ferocity of Grace / F.X. Charet -- Building Tantric Infrastructure in America : Rudi's Western Kashmir Shaivism / Helen Crovetto -- Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health / Ellen Goldberg -- Swamis, Scholars, and Gurus : Siddha Yog...

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Contributors: Gleig, Ann (Editor) ; Williamson, Lola (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany, NY State University of New York Press 2013
In:Year: 2013
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Hinduism / Guru
RelBib Classification:BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Gurus United States
B Collection of essays
B Hinduism (United States)
B Gurus (United States)
B Hinduism United States
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:Ram Dass : The Vicissitudes of Devotion and the Ferocity of Grace / F.X. Charet -- Building Tantric Infrastructure in America : Rudi's Western Kashmir Shaivism / Helen Crovetto -- Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health / Ellen Goldberg -- Swamis, Scholars, and Gurus : Siddha Yoga's American Legacy / Lola Williamson -- A Life in Progress : The Biographies of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami / Richard D. Mann -- Guru Authority, Ethnicity, and the Decline of New Vrindaban / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. and Henry Doktorski -- Neo-Avaita in America : Three Representative Teachers / Philip Charles Lucas -- From Being to Becoming, Transcending to Transforming : Andrew Cohen and the Evolution of Enlightenment / Ann Gleig -- On Reason, Religion, and the Real / Jeffrey J. Kripal
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1438447922