Homegrown gurus
Subtitle: from Hinduism in America to American Hinduism
By: edited by Ann Gleig and Lola Williamson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Albany, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781438447919
Subjects: Hinduism; Gurus
Description: "Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking shape. After a century of experimentation during which Americans welcomed Indian gurus who adjusted their teachings to accommodate the New World context, "American Hinduism" can now rightly be called its own tradition rather than an imported religion. Accordingly, this spiritual path is now headed by leaders born in North America. Homegrown Gurus explores this phenomenon in essays about these figures and their networks."--Provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ram Dass : The Vicissitudes of Devotion and the Ferocity of Grace / F.X. Charet; title: Building Tantric Infrastructure in America : Rudi's Western Kashmir Shaivism / Helen Crovetto; title: Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health / Ellen Goldberg; title: Swamis, Scholars, and Gurus : Siddha Yoga's American Legacy / Lola Williamson; title: A Life in Progress : The Biographies of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami / Richard D. Mann; title: Guru Authority, Ethnicity, and the Decline of New Vrindaban / E. Burke Rochford, Jr. and Henry Doktorski; title: Neo-Avaita in America : Three Representative Teachers / Philip Charles Lucas; title: From Being to Becoming, Transcending to Transforming : Andrew Cohen and the Evolution of Enlightenment / Ann Gleig; title: On Reason, Religion, and the Real / Jeffrey J. Kripal.