The founder of the Hare Krishnas as seen by devotees : a cognitive study of religious charisma /

The founder of the Hare Krishnas as seen by devotees : a cognitive study of religious charisma /

The Hare Krishna movement is one of the most well-known new religious movements in the Western societies. It was founded in New York in 1966 by the Indian monk A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda (1896-1977). The fact that it emerged during the heyday of the countercultural protests is often invoke...

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Main Author: Ketola, Kimmo.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Numen Book Series 120.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Bhaktivedanta, Abhay C.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, > 1896-1977.
Hare-Krischna-Bewegung.
International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

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Call Number: BL1285.892.A28 K48 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Chapter One. The Cognitive Approach To Charisma /
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  • Chapter Two. The Founder-Guru And His Legacy /
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  • Chapter Three. Institutionalisation Of Charisma /
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  • Chapter Four. Hindu Rituals And Cultural Models /
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  • Chapter Five. Cultural Models And Prabhupāda's Charisma /
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  • Chapter Six. The Guru As A Counterintuitive Being /
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  • Chapter Seven. The Guru's Essence And Emotional Impact /
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  • Chapter Eight. Ritual Frame And Its Vulnerability /
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  • Chapter Nine. Cognitive Explanations Of Charisma And New Religions /
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  • Conclusion /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Glossary /
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  • Index Of Names /
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  • Index Of Subjects /
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