Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration

Contents: Preface. Transmission of Religious Traditions: What has Athens to do with Jerusalem or Bombay? Tradition and the liberal arts; The sacred thread: transmission of tradition; Sacred threads of several textures. Swaminarayan Hinduism: Presentation of the Shikshapatri to Sir John Malcom; Holy man as religious specialist: acharya tradition in Vaishnavism; Holy man as abode of god in Swaminarayan Hinduism; The guru as pastoral counselor; Training religious specialists for a transnational Hinduism: a Swaminarayan sadhu training center; Terror invades paradise; The Swaminarayan Hindu temple in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Religions Of Immigrants From South Asia: Asian-Indian and Pakistani religions in the United States; Religion and ethnicity in America; Negotiating the tradition: religious organizations and Gujarati group identity in the United States; A brief history of South Asian religions in the United States; Asian-Indian Muslims in the United States; South Asian Christians; Immigrants from India and Hindu-Christian dialogue. References; Index.

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