Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition

Lawrence A. Babb

University of California Press, 1986 - History - 257 pages

In this comparative study of three modern religious movements, Lawrence A. Babb argues that thematic continuities exist between traditional Hinduism and its widely divergent modern expressions.

About the author

Lawrence A. Babb is Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition; Volume 1 of Comparative studies in religion and society, ISSN 1052-1135
• Author: Lawrence A. Babb
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1986
• ISBN: 0520056450, 9780520056459
• Length: 257 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / South / General; Religion / Hinduism / General; Social Science / Anthropology / General