High-Tech Devotion: Experimental Religion and Media Sevā in Swaminarayan Hinduism

This article examines the role of experimentation in religion through a case study of technological labor in a guru-led devotional (bhakti) Hindu organization called BAPS (Bocāsaṇvāsī Śrī Akṣar Puruṣottam Saṇsthā). It builds on recent theories of "experimental religion" to argue that relig...

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Main Author: Kunze, Andrew Carl ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2024
In: History of religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 4, Pages: 349-382
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