Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas in Bengal: Social Impact and Historical Implications

ISBN-13: 9780367583538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 294 str.

Joseph T. O'Connell; Rembert Lutjeharms

Opis

This book focusses on the relationship between the ‘transcendent’ intentionality of religious faith of human beings and their ‘mundane’ socio-cultural ways of living, through a detailed study of the social implications of the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava devotional Hindu tradition in pre-colonial and colonial Bengal.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Kṛṣṇa-bhakti 1. Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Community 2. Institutionalizing Prema-bhakti 3. Changing Social Structures 4. Integrating Socio-Cultural Diversity 5. Demographics: Gender, Caste, Region 6. Ambiguous Jāti Vaiṣṇavas 7. Hybrid Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyās Part II: Hindu-Muslim relations in Bengal 8. Vaiṣṇavas in Sultanate and Mughal Bengal 9. The Meaning Of ‘Hindu’ 10. Vaiṣṇava Perceptions of Muslims 11. A Muslim Perception of Hindus 12. Caitanya Vaiṣṇavas and Pan-Hindu Awakening 13. Concluding Observations

O autorze

Joseph T. O’Connell was Professor Emeritus in the Study of Religion in the Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, Canada. This book represents the culmination of his lifetime of scholarship.