The Hare Krishna movement : the postcharismatic fate of a religious transplant /

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Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, 2004.
Description:xix, 448 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7185876
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Other authors / contributors:Bryant, Edwin.
Ekstrand, Maria.
ISBN:023112256X (cloth)
9780231122566 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Math
  • 7. 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 Paradigm
  • 13. 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 Experiment
  • Part 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