A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and AbroadRaymond Brady Williams Handing down and reaching across: stability and movement in Indian religious traditions / John B. Carman -- Winning souls for Siva: Arumuga Navalar's transmission of the Saiva religion / Dennis Hudson -- The Sankaracarya of Kanci and the Kamaksi Temple as ritual center / William Cenkner -- The coronation of a guru: charisma, politics, and philosophy in contemporary India / Glenn Yocum -- The divine-human figure in the transmission of religious tradition / Brian Hutchinson -- Rituals and reinterpretation: South Indians in Southeast Asia / Fred W. Clothey -- Creating South Indian Hindu experience in the United States / Vasudha Narayanan -- Transmission and transformation of rituals / K.K.A. Venkatachari -- Swaminarayan temples and rituals: views of two sadhus / Vivekjivanadas Swami and Brahmviharidas Swami -- Transmission of a Swaminarayan Hindu scripture in the British East Midlands / Douglas Brear -- Sacred threads of several textures: strategies of adaptation in the United States / Raymond Brady Williams -- Academic study of religion and Asian Indian-American college students / John Y. Fenton -- A new international religion: Radhasoami / Mark Juergensmeyer. |
Contents
A Sacred Thread | 3 |
The Sankaracarya of Kanci and the Kamaksi Temple as Ritual | 52 |
The DivineHuman Figure in the Transmission of Religious | 92 |
South Indians in Southeast Asia | 127 |
Creating South Indian Hindu Experience in the United States | 147 |
Transmission and Transformation of Rituals | 177 |
Transmission of a Swaminarayan Hindu Scripture in the British | 209 |
Academic Study of Religion and Asian IndianAmerican | 258 |
Glossary | 300 |
Notes | 307 |
Common terms and phrases
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