Encounter with India
Subtitle: studies in neohinduism
By: Nils G. Holm (ed.)
Series: Religionsvetenskapliga skrifter -- nr. 20
Publisher: Åbo akademi
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Åbo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Hinduism; History; Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189).
Table of contents: title: New religious movements / Liselotte Frisk; title: The theosophical society, a new religious movement based on a conglomerate of traditions / Tore Ahlbȧck; title: When the master dies: conflict and development within the Swedish Iskcon / Ronny Sjöblom; title: World-rejection, world-affirmation, and goal displacement: some aspects of change in three new religious movements of Hindu origin / Kaj Björkvist; title: Hinduism: approaches and knowledge in the western world / Rolf Gröblom; title: The relationship between the acceptance of Hindu thought and personality variables: a cross-cultural study / Kaj Björkvist, Nils G. Holm, Barbara Bergbom; title: Tibetan shamanism / Antoon Geels.