| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Toward Cultural Understanding; 1. Becoming God: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba; 2. Deus Loci: Economies of Faith, Sacred Travel, and the Building of a Moral Architecture; 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community: Divine Darshan and the Practices of Transnational Devotion; 4. Renegotiating the Body: Muscular Morality, Truancy, and the Satisfaction of Desire; 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power: The Global Sai Organization and the Anti-Sai Network. |
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6. Out of God's Hands: Reframing Material WorldsIn Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged Cosmopolitanism; Appendix; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and ""New Age""--Style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011 -- Cult.
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Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011. |
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Cults. |
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Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011 -- Cult. |
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Globalization -- Religious aspects.
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Globalization -- Religious aspects. |
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Religious pluralism.
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Religious pluralism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Srinivas, Tulasi. Winged faith. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010 9780231149327 (DLC) 2009043266 (OCoLC)458890808 |
| ISBN |
9780231520522 (electronic book) |
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0231520522 (electronic book) |
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9780231149327 (hardback) |
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0231149328 (hardback) |
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9780231149334 (paperback) |
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0231149336 (paperback) |
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