Roping Outsiders In: Invoking Science in Contemporary Spiritual Movements in India

This article examines the pursuit of scientific legitimacy in spiritual movements that target the urban middle class in India. Based on fieldwork in a non-congregational ashram in Haridwar and six spiritual movements in Delhi that teach meditation of some kind—including Art of Living, Golden Age Fou...

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Main Author: Frøystad, Kathinka (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2011
In: Nova religio
Year: 2011, Volume: 14, Issue: 4, Pages: 77-98
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