Brahma Kumaris as a 'Reflexive Tradition'
Brahma Kumaris as a 'Reflexive Tradition'
Responding to Late Modernity
Walliss, John
Taylor & Francis Ltd
10/2017
146
Dura
Inglês
9781138730472
15 a 20 dias
453
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Contents: Introduction - responding to late modernity; Beyond tradition and modernity; Reflexive traditions and the New Age religious life; From world-rejection to ambivalence: a genealogy of the Brahma Kumaris; The ascetic and the instrumental: two contemporary renditions of Raja Yoga; Users, drifters and searchers: a typology of Brahma Kumaris membership patterns; Manifesting ambivalence: the pursuit of the millennium; Conclusion - in search of post-traditional religiosity; Bibliography; Index.
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new religious movements;post-traditional society;Anthony Giddens theory;contemporary religiosity;identity construction;Raja Yoga practice;reflexive tradition in modernity
Contents: Introduction - responding to late modernity; Beyond tradition and modernity; Reflexive traditions and the New Age religious life; From world-rejection to ambivalence: a genealogy of the Brahma Kumaris; The ascetic and the instrumental: two contemporary renditions of Raja Yoga; Users, drifters and searchers: a typology of Brahma Kumaris membership patterns; Manifesting ambivalence: the pursuit of the millennium; Conclusion - in search of post-traditional religiosity; Bibliography; Index.
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