The satsang dispositif: Mooji’s teachings, power, authority, and self-transformation

This article seeks to contribute to the study of power and authority in the context of the contemporary sociology of religion. It provides a discursive and ethnographic account of the neo-Advaita guru Mooji and his teachings, with a focus on the main practice he advocates, namely the satsang. The ar...

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Main Author: Placido, Matteo Di (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2022
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 457-474
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Satsang-Bewegung / Religious leader / Dispositive / Authority / Teacher / Pupil / New religion
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B Self-transformation
B teacher–student relationship
B Authority
B satsang dispositif
B sociology of religion
B Power
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