The Study of Hindu New Religious Movements

The category of Hindu new religious movements is conventional and useful, but has imprecise boundaries. Scholars tend to include within it some groups that have claimed they are not Hindu (Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission) or not religious (Transcendental Meditation). Within its wide range are world-...

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Main Author: Thursby, Gene R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2011
In: Nova religio
Year: 2011, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 6-19
Further subjects:B Hindu new religious movements
B composite culture
B Yoga
B Hinduism
B Communalism
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Summary:The category of Hindu new religious movements is conventional and useful, but has imprecise boundaries. Scholars tend to include within it some groups that have claimed they are not Hindu (Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission) or not religious (Transcendental Meditation). Within its wide range are world-affirming groups dedicated to transforming the physical and social world as well as world-transcending groups that find the status of the world doubtful and their purpose at another level or in another realm. The four articles in this special issue of Nova Religio on Hindu new religious movements represent several aspects of this category, and the potential for accommodation of basic differences, social harmony, and even world-transcendence.
ISSN:1541-8480
Contains:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2011.15.2.6