Public Household, Private Congregation: The Brahma Kumaris as a "Public Private" Space for Nepali Women

Members of the Brahma Kumaris movement in Nepal relocate their religious practices away from traditional Hindu puja (worship directed toward images of deities) in households to meditation services held in the movement's centers. Although this change involves a shift from the seemingly private h...

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Main Author: McKendry-Smith, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2022
In: Nova religio
Year: 2022, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 32-56
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nepal / Brahmakumari / Women member / Religious practice / Puja / Religious institution / Publicity / Privateness
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B private religion
B women in Nepal
B Public Religion
B Brahmakumari
B Nepal
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