| 청구기호 |
BL1278.1592.A67 L83 2014eb |
| 형태사항 |
1 online resource.
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| 언어 |
English |
| 일반주기 |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 2010).
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| 내용 |
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language -- INTRODUCTION -- Situating Amma as Female Guru in the Context of American Multiculturalism -- ONE -- A Darshan Embrace: Experiencing Authenticity and Feeling Recognition -- TWO -- Devi Bhava: Revelation and Performance of the Guru as Goddess -- THREE -- The Avatar-Guru and Ordinary Women: the Boundaries of Mimetic Behavioral Models -- FOUR -- Culturally-Situated Testimonies: Differing Interpretations of the Role of the Goddess -- FIVE -- Congregational Dynamics: Growing Pains En Route from the Particular to the Universal -- CONCLUSION -- Multiculturalism, Universalism, and Communal Identity: the Guru in the American Diaspora -- APPENDIX I: -- Current Literature Engaging the Field of Contemporary Gurus -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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| 주제 |
Hinduism --United States.
RELIGION --Hinduism --General. --bisacsh
RELIGION --Antiquities & Archaeology. --bisacsh
RELIGION / Comparative Religion --bisacsh
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| ISBN |
9780520958074 (electronic bk.)
0520958071 (electronic bk.)
130629066X (electronic bk.)
9781306290661 (electronic bk.)
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