Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism write by Raymond Brady Williams. This book was released on 2019. Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism, third edition, offers a comprehensive study of a contemporary form of Hinduism. Begun as a revival and reform movement in India 200 years ago, it has now become one of the fastest growing and most prominent forms of Hinduism. The Swaminarayan Hindu transnational network of temples and institutions is expanding in India, East Africa, the UK, USA, Australasia, and in other African and Asian cities. The devotion, rituals, and discipline taught by its founder, Sahajanand Swami (1781-1830) and elaborated by current leaders in major festivals, diverse media, and over the Internet, help preserve ethnic and religious identity in many modern cultural and political contexts. Swaminarayan Hinduism, here described through its history, divisions, leaders, theology and practices, provides valuable case studies of contemporary Hinduism, religion, migrants, and transnationalism. This new edition includes up-to-date information about growth, geographic expansion, leadership transitions, and impact of Swaminarayan institutions in India and abroad.
An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology
An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology write by Sadhu Paramtattvadas. This book was released on 2017-08-17. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition's belief system, drawing on its rich corpus of theological literature, including the teachings of Swaminarayan himself and classical commentaries on canonical Vedāntic texts.
Swaminarayan Hinduism
Swaminarayan Hinduism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Swaminarayan Hinduism write by Raymond Brady Williams. This book was released on 2016-05-12. Swaminarayan Hinduism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, a lone pilgrim reached Gujarat and joined a small ashram in Loj. In time, his followers not only accepted him as the leader of the ashram but also as the manifestation of deity and called him Swaminarayan. His followers increased rapidly and today Swaminarayan Hinduism is a transnational religious movement with major centers in India, East Africa, UK, USA, and Australasia. In a first multidisciplinary study of the movement, this volume provides new and vital information about its history, theology, as well as its transnational development, and brings forth current academic research from fields as diverse as the arts, architecture, sociology, and migration studies, among others. It analyses the philosophy, conduct, and principles that guide Swaminarayan Hindus and provides a case study of the historical and social processes of adapting religious traditions to shape new identities in response to evolving social, economic, and political changes.
A New Face of Hinduism
A New Face of Hinduism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A New Face of Hinduism write by Raymond Brady Williams. This book was released on 1984-03-15. A New Face of Hinduism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beschrijving van een oorspronkelijk rond 1800 in Gujarat ontstane hindoeïstische sekte.
An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology
An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology write by Swami Paramtattvadas. This book was released on 2017-08-17. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since its inception over two hundred years ago, Swaminarayan Hinduism has flourished into a transnational movement described as one of the fastest growing Hindu groups in the world. Despite being one of the largest and most visible Hindu traditions both in India and the West, surprisingly little is known about what the Swaminarayan fellowship believes. An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hindu Theology provides a comprehensive doctrinal account of the Swaminarayan tradition's belief system, drawing on its rich corpus of theological literature, including the teachings of Swaminarayan himself and classical commentaries on canonical Vedāntic texts. Part I delineates the sources and tools of Swaminarayan Hindu theology, while Part II systematically expounds upon its distinctive five eternal entities - Parabrahman, Akṣarabrahman, māyā, īśvara and jīva - and mukti (spiritual liberation). In presenting these key themes theologically and lucidly, Swami Paramtattvadas makes the Swaminarayan Hindu belief system intelligible to scholars, students and serious readers.
