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Abstract / Summary

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. A variety of teachers and movements are considered, including Ram Dass, Siddha Yoga, and Amrit Desai and Kripalu Yoga, among others. Two contradictory trends quickly become apparent: an increasing Westernization of Hindu practices and values alongside a renewed interest in traditional forms of Hinduism. These opposed sensibilities—innovation and preservation, radicalism and recovery—are characteristic of post modernity and denote a new chapter in the American assimilation of Hinduism.

Field of Interest

Religion & Thought

Author

Helen Crovetto, fl. 2007, F. X. Charet, fl. 2007, Lola Williamson, fl. 2005, Ann Gleig, fl. 2007, Philip Charles, Lucas, fl. 2007, Henry Doktorski, III, 1956-, E. Burke Rochford, 1949-, Richard D. Mann, fl. 2007, Ellen Goldberg, fl. 2007

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Copyright © 2013 State University of New York

Content Type

General reference book

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Original Publication Date

2013

Page Count

256

Publication Year

2013

Publisher

State University of New York Press

Place Published / Released

Albany, NY

Subject

Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Spirituality, Community, الروحانية, Spiritualité, Geistigkeit, רוּחָנִיוּת, Espiritualidad, Espiritualidade, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Swami Rudrananda, 1928-1973, Master Charles Cannon, 1945-, Ram Dass, 1931-2019, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, 1927-2001, Gangaji, 1942-, H. W. L. Poonja, 1910-1997, Andrew Cohen, 1955-, Arunachala Ramana, 1929-2010, Eckhart Tolle, 1948-, Ramana Maharshi, 1879-1950, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, 1896-1977, Kirtanananda Swami, 1937-2011, Muktananda, 1908-1992, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, 1955-, John Friend, 1959-, Sandra Barnard, fl. 2007, Amrit Desai, 1932-, United States, Hindu, Hindus, Attitudes toward, Hinduism, Guru, Spiritual Direction & Development, Americans

Keywords and Translated Subjects

الروحانية, Spiritualité, Geistigkeit, רוּחָנִיוּת, Espiritualidad, Espiritualidade, المجتمع, Umma, Jama'a, Communauté, Gemeinde, קְהִלָה, Comunidade, Comunidad, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos