Overview
- Covers a very topical area of faith movements and social transformation in India
- Discusses how followers of Hindu religious leaders derive ideologies of personal and social transformation from the avowed teachings of those leaders
- Analyses in a nuanced and balanced way the links between gurus, their followers, and the interpretation of social service and change
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- faith-based movements
- Hindu Sabha
- Vishwa Hindu Parishad
- social service in nation building
- reformist orthodox Hindu organizations
- the Hare Krishna movement
- Ramakrishna Mission
- Brahmakumari movement
- Chinmaya Mission
- Mata Amritanandamayi Mission
- preaching of self-improvement
- Yoga and Hindu social movements
- Hindu movements and the global political economy
- Hindu diaspora and religious movements
About this book
In contemporary neoliberal India, HIFMs have become important actors, and they realize themselves by making public assertions through service. The four pillars of the contemporary presence of such movements are: gurus, sociality, hegemony and social transformation. Gurus, who spearhead these movements, create a matrix of possible meanings in their public discourses which their followers pick up to create messages of personal and social change. Sociality is a core strategy of proliferation across such movements and implies social service, which is qualified by memories of the guru and what they are believed to embody. Hegemonyis reflected in the fact that social service in such movements often ominously imbibes right-wing or far-right Hinduism. They propose a model of Hindu-inspired social transformation, involving faith building into and transforming the civil society. The book discusses in a nuanced way several Hindu-inspired faith movements of various hues which have made national and international impact.
This topical book is of interest to students and researchers in the fields of sociology, anthropology, social work, and social psychology, with a special interest in the study of religious movements.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Faith Movements and Social Transformation
Book Subtitle: Guru Charisma in Contemporary India
Authors: Samta P. Pandya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2823-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2822-0Published: 29 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2823-7Published: 11 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 205
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Religion and Society, Politics and Religion