In the presence of Sai Baba : body, city, and memory in a global religious movement /

In the presence of Sai Baba : body, city, and memory in a global religious movement /

The Sai Baba movement, centered on the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (b. 1926), today attracts a global following from Japan to South Africa. Regarded as a divine incarnation, Sathya Sai Baba traces his genealogy to Shirdi Sai Baba (d. 1918), a mendicant in colonial India identified with various Sufi...

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Main Author: Srinivas, Smriti.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Numen Book Series 118.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Sai Baba > von Shirdi.
Sathya Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba, > 1926-
Sathya-Sai-Organisation.
Geschichte 1926-2004
Hinduismus.
Religiöse Bewegung.
Soziales Engagement.
Hinduism > Social aspects.

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Call Number: BL1175.S385 S67 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. The Mendicant Of Shirdi
  • Chapter Two. The Arrival Of The Avatar
  • Chapter Three. The Sense Of The Presence
  • Chapter Four. Healing, Service, And Character
  • Chapter Five. The Ideal Polis
  • Chapter Six. Producing Space In Bangalore
  • Chapter Seven. Somatic Regimes Of Citizenship In Nairobi
  • Chapter Eight. Sites Of Sociality In Atlanta
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix Overseas Sai Centers And Groups
  • Bibliography
  • Index.