Swaminarayan Hinduism [electronic resource] : tradition, adaptation and identity / edited by Raymond Brady Williams, Yogi Trivedi.
Williams, Raymond Brady, editor.; Trivedi, Yogi, editor.
2016
BL1289.24 .S93 2016eb
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Title Swaminarayan Hinduism [electronic resource] : tradition, adaptation and identity / edited by Raymond Brady Williams, Yogi Trivedi.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780199086573 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463749
Published New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 439 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199463749 doi
Call Number BL1289.24 .S93 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.556
Summary Swaminarayan Hinduism is rooted in its formation in India at the cusp of the early modern and colonial period. This book explores the new discoveries, recent research and interpretation of the history, doctrine, devotional arts, and transnational developments to provide a foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary Swaminarayan growth, belief and practice. The themes that trace through the analyses are tradition and adaptation in the historical andsocial process of creating a complex new religious identity in response to social, economic and political changes. The book contains current academic research from several disciplines including history, theology, the arts, architecture, sociology, and migration studies.
Note Swaminarayan Hinduism is rooted in its formation in India at the cusp of the early modern and colonial period. This book explores the new discoveries, recent research and interpretation of the history, doctrine, devotional arts, and transnational developments to provide a foundation for a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary Swaminarayan growth, belief and practice. The themes that trace through the analyses are tradition and adaptation in the historical andsocial process of creating a complex new religious identity in response to social, economic and political changes. The book contains current academic research from several disciplines including history, theology, the arts, architecture, sociology, and migration studies.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 5, 2016).
Added Author Williams, Raymond Brady, editor.
Trivedi, Yogi, editor.
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I. History. Introduction to history / Raymond Brady Williams
Situating the Swaminarayan tradition in the historiography of modern Hindu reform / Brian A. Hatcher
Sahajanand Swami's language and communication / Makrand Mehta
Gujarati socio-religious context of Swaminarayan devotion and doctrine / Françoise Mallison
Swaminarayan and British contacts in Gujarat in the 1820s / Sadhu Paramtattvadas and Raymond Brady Williams with an Appendix on historical dating by Sadhu Amrutvijaydas
The Swaminarayan ideology and Kolis in Gujarat / Vibhuti Parikh
Sahajanand Swami's approach to caste / Sadhu Mangalnidhidas
II. Theology and literature. Introduction to Theology and literature / Yogi Trivedi
The Swaminarayan commentarial tradition / Arun Brahmbhatt
Akshara and its four forms in Swaminarayan's doctrine / Smit Gadhia
Swaminarayan's Brahmajnana as Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam / Sadhu Bhadreshdas ; translated by Sadhu Aksharananddas
Multivalent Krishna-bhakti in Premanand's poetry / Yogi Trivedi
Brahmanand and his innovations in the Barahmasa genre / Dalpat Rajpurohit
III. The arts and architecture. Introduction to The arts and architecture / Yogi Trivedi
Early Swaminarayan iconography and its relationship to Vaishnavism / Cynthia Packert
Swaminarayan temple building: tradition and innovation / Rabindra Vasavada
The Nagara tradition of temple architecture and 'truth to Shastra' / Adam Hardy
IV. Transnational networks. Introduction to Transnational networks / Raymond Brady Williams
Development of Swaminarayan Hinduism in Uganda and the Kampala Temple / Paddy Musana
Transnational growth of BAPS in East Africa / Sadhu Vivekjivandas with Mahendrabhai Patel and Sadhu Ishwarcharandas
Terrorism and interfaith relations at Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar / Sadhu Brahmaviharidas
Construction of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Chino Hills, California: a case study in interfaith bridge-building / Kalpesh Bhatt
Thinking through Akshardham and the making of the Swaminarayan self / Hanna Kim
Swaminarayan (BAPS) identity formation in virtual transnationalism / Andrew Kunze.

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