1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450685303321

Titolo

The Hare Krishna movement [[electronic resource] ] : the postcharismatic fate of a religious transplant / / edited by Edwin F. Bryant and Maria L. Ekstrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-231-50843-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BryantEdwin F <1957-> (Edwin Francis)

EkstrandMaria

Disciplina

294.5/512

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1 Krishna Consciousness in the Context of Hindu Theology; 1. Krishna, the Intimate Deity; 2. The History of Indic Monotheism and Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism: Some Reflections; 3. Hare Krishna Mahamantra: Gaudiya Vaishnava Practice and the Hindu Tradition of Sacred Sound; 4. Krishna in Mleccha Desh: ISKCON Temple Worship in Historical Perspective; Part 2 Bhaktivedanta Swami and His Predecessors; 5. Who Is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?

6. Charismatic Renewal and Institutionalization in the History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the Gaudiya Math7. Bhaktivinoda and Scriptural Literalism; 8. The Guru, Mayavadins, and Women: Tracing the Origins of Selected Polemical Statements in the Work of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami; 9. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism; Part 3 Post-Bhaktivedanta Controversies of Lineage; 10. Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON; 11. The Guardian of Devotion: Disappearance and Rejection of the Spiritual Master in ISKCON After 1977

12. The No Change in ISKCON Paradigm13. The "Routinization of Charisma" and the Charismatic: The Confrontation Between ISKCON and Narayana Maharaja; Part 4 Heresies; 14. Doctrinal Controversy and the Group Dynamic; 15. Heresy and the Jiva Debate; Part 5 Social Issues;



16. Airports, Conflict, and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement; 17. Healing the Heart of ISKCON: The Place of Women; 18. Life as a Woman on Watseka Avenue: Personal Story I; 19. Child Abuse and the Hare Krishnas: History and Response; 20. Fifteen Years Later: A Critique of Gurukula: Personal Story II

21. Race, Monarchy, and Gender: Bhaktivedanta Swami's Social ExperimentPart 6 Reevaluations; 22. On Leaving ISKCON: Personal Story III; 23. On Staying in ISKCON: Personal Story IV; 24. Re-Visioning ISKCON: Constructive Theologizing for Reform and Renewal; Concluding Reflections; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive study includes more than twenty contributions from members, ex-members, and academics who have followed the Hare Krishna movement for years. Providing a privileged look at the people and issues shaping ISKCON, this volume offers insight into the complex factors surrounding the emergence of religious traditions, including early Christianity, as well as a glimpse at the origins and growth of a religious tradition putting down roots in foreign soil.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384824703316

Autore

Lucan <39-65.>

Titolo

Lucans Pharsalia [[electronic resource] ] : containing the ciuill warres betweene Cæsar and Pompey. VVritten in Latine heroicall verse by M. Annæus Lucanus. Translated into English verse by Sir Arthur Gorges Knight. Whereunto is annexed the life of the authour, collected out of diuers authors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed [by Nicholas Okes] for T. Thorp, 1614

Descrizione fisica

[18], 449, [1] p

Altri autori (Persone)

GorgesArthur, Sir,  <1557?-1625.>

GorgesCarew

Soggetti

Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B.C

Rome History Civil War, 49-48 B.C Campaigns Poetry Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In verse.



Editor's dedication signed: Carew Gorges.

Printer's name from STC.

The first leaf is blank.

One of three imprint variants of this edition.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113