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Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
Tulasi Srinivas
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Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HRQM; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located in an alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It considers how acts of "sacred spectating" and illusion, "moral stakeholding" and the problems of community are debated and experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully understood community.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231149334
SKU
V9780231149334
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About Tulasi Srinivas
Tulasi Srinivas is assistant professor of anthropology at Emerson College, specializing in South Asia, with a focus on issues of globalization, religion, and identity.
Reviews for Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
A welcome addition to our catalog of religious movements and a timely reminder that circulation does not flow in only one direction-and never will again.
Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database [An] informative and erudite book.
Alexandra Kent Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute a rich and challenging text.
Hanna H. Kim H-Asia Winged Faith is a readable and carefully documented account of an extraordinary modern religious figure, but its appeal is much wider. It is an important contribution to the literature on globalization and a valuable corrective to the pervasive view that globalization, especially cultural globalization, is simply westernization.
Bryan S. Turner Society It is a book that should be widely read by scholars and people coming from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives.
Amit Chaturvedi Contemporary South Asia Srinivas' impressive study argues for new visions of pluralism that hinge upon an engaged cosmopolitanism...One hopes Srinivas' impressive work will be read by scholars from numerous fields, as its reach is incredibly broad.
Jeffrey M. Brackett Journal of Hindu Studies
Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database [An] informative and erudite book.
Alexandra Kent Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute a rich and challenging text.
Hanna H. Kim H-Asia Winged Faith is a readable and carefully documented account of an extraordinary modern religious figure, but its appeal is much wider. It is an important contribution to the literature on globalization and a valuable corrective to the pervasive view that globalization, especially cultural globalization, is simply westernization.
Bryan S. Turner Society It is a book that should be widely read by scholars and people coming from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives.
Amit Chaturvedi Contemporary South Asia Srinivas' impressive study argues for new visions of pluralism that hinge upon an engaged cosmopolitanism...One hopes Srinivas' impressive work will be read by scholars from numerous fields, as its reach is incredibly broad.
Jeffrey M. Brackett Journal of Hindu Studies