Krishna's prasadam: "eating our way back to godhead"
This article analyzes the preparation, consumption, and distribution of food in ISKCON, and the ways in which ISKCON has absorbed and remade the Hindu tradition of prasadam, transforming it into a major vehicle of proselytization, a sacred cuisine, a health cure, a worldwide charitable enterprise, a...
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Material religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 440-465 |
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