Approaching the rasa-lila of 'great men': interlinking Western 'intuitive' theologies with traditions of Bengal in the Brahmo Samaj
Among contemporary sociologists who critically analyze the specific structure and dynamics of current or ‘late-modern’ societies, it is very common to refer to processes of increasing individualization as an explanation for larger social trends. Presuming a Protestant Christian genealogy for process...
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Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2015]
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Religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 451-476 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bengal
/ Brāhma samāj
/ Bhakti
/ Religion
/ Individualization
/ Colonialism
/ Transcendentalism
/ History 1828-1880
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia TJ Modern history |
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