Leading the Hare Krishna Movement

ISBN-13: 9781032249407 / Twarda / 2024 / 240 str.

Angela Burt

Opis

This book examines issues of leadership and succession in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) which was founded in by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1966.

Spis treści

A note on the spelling of Sanskrit words

Glossary

1. Introduction

2. The issue of succession                                                    

3. A crisis of charismatic leadership in the post-succession period

4. The routinisation of charisma: The guru reform movement

5. Voices of the marginalised: Experiences of disciples of the gurus and women

6. Long-term effects of the zonal acharya system and the guru reform movement

7. Hierarchy, status and the distribution of power and authority

8. Systemic and individual issues in religious leadership in ISKCON

9. Conclusion

Bibliography

O autorze

Angela R. Burt is a Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, where she teaches on religion. She has documented the early history of the Hare Krishna movement in her role as Project Manager and researcher for the ISKCON Oral History Project since its inception in 2003.