Bootstraps and Turbans: Sustenance, Belief and Entrepreneurship in 3HO/Sikh Dharma

Food—enjoying it, preparing it, serving it, distributing it, and using it for healing purposes—is central to life in the Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO). In 3HO's early years, food beliefs and practices were instrumental in creating community, shaping members' identities, and estab...

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Auteur principal: Elsberg, Constance Waeber 1945- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: [2019]
Dans: Nova religio
Année: 2019, Volume: 23, Numéro: 1, Pages: 89-111
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Bhajan, Yogī 1929-2004 / Sikhisme / Healthy Happy Holy Organization / Aliment / Habitude alimentaire / Entreprise
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux
Sujets non-standardisés:B Sikh Dharma
B 3HO
B State of Oregon v. Siri Singh Sahib Corporation et al
B Foodways
B Golden Temple Bakery
B Sardarni Guru Amrit Kaur Khalsa et al. v. Kartar Singh Khalsa et al
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Résumé:Food—enjoying it, preparing it, serving it, distributing it, and using it for healing purposes—is central to life in the Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO). In 3HO's early years, food beliefs and practices were instrumental in creating community, shaping members' identities, and establishing group boundaries. Over time, members created a variety of organizations linked to 3HO, and many members became Sikhs. They created businesses, several involving food production and sales, and some quite successful. In 2010 representatives of one of their organizations, Sikh Dharma International, sued the managers of one of the businesses, Golden Temple Bakery, accusing the managers of "misappropriation of valuable assets." This paper examines the growth of 3HO businesses within the context of national food production and distribution, and it considers the internal stresses of 3HO institutions revealed via the trial.
ISSN:1541-8480
Contient:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2019.23.1.89