Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India: The Śrī Maṭh and the Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya in the Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780367886721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 236 str.

Daniela Bevilacqua

Opis

This books provides an in-depth understanding of Modern Hindu Traditionalism through the case study of the Rāmānandī order (sampradāya) and the portrait of the Jagadgurū Rāmānandācārya Rāmnareśācārya.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. On Rāmānanda: his life, teachings and disciples 2. The historical evolution of the Rāmānandī sampradāya 3. Changes in the 20th century 4. The Śrī Maṭh 5. The Jagadgurū Rāmānandācārya Rāmnareśācārya Conclusion

O autorze

Daniela Bevilacqua received her PhD from the University of Rome, Sapienza, Italy in co-tutoring with the Paris Nanterre University. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow involved in the Haṭha Yoga Project at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.