Gurus and their followers
Subtitle: new religious reform movements in colonial India
By: edited by Antony Copley.
Contributors: Copley, A. R. H. 1937-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Delhi; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Gurus -- India.; India -- Religion -- 20th century.
Description: This collection looks at the new religious reform movements that swept India in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. One general essay, on religious leadership, provides a context for others on Brahmo Samaj, the Ramakrishna Mission, the Arya Samaj, the Ahmadiya movement, and the Theosophical Society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.