L' humanitarisme hindou ou la dévotion civile
This article deals with one of the salient features of contemporary Hinduism, that is to say the visibility of "modern gurus". These charismatic leaders, who preside over spiritual mega-congregations, specifically target consumerist classes and address them with the rhetoric of progressivi...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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Ed. de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
2007
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| In: |
Archives de sciences sociales des religions
Year: 2007, Volume: 52, Issue: 137, Pages: 85-105 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hinduism
/ Current issues
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | This article deals with one of the salient features of contemporary Hinduism, that is to say the visibility of "modern gurus". These charismatic leaders, who preside over spiritual mega-congregations, specifically target consumerist classes and address them with the rhetoric of progressivism. They put an emphasis on an intellectual approach of the religious sphere as well as on social performance, whilst assigning themselves a large-scale educational mission. In support of their sustained proselytism, they divert local and deeply embedded religious attitudes from their original meaning, e.g. devotion (bhakti) or divine service (seva), to turn them into universal moral values. This instrumentalisation enables them to benefit from the status of an NGO, and this is the source of their transnational expansion. |
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| ISSN: | 0335-5985 |
| Contains: | In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/assr.4314 |