Founder of the Hare Krishnas

Ketola, Kimmo:
The founder of the Hare Krishnas as seen by devotees : a cognitive study of religious charisma / by Kimmo Ketola. - Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2008. - X, 234 S. : Ill. - (Numen book series ; 120)
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Helsinki, Univ., Diss., 2002 unter dem Titel: An Indian guru and his western disciples : Representation and communication of charisma in the Hare Krishna movement (Online verfügbar über E-Thesis, University of Helsinki, PDF-Format)
ISBN 978-90-04-16613-4
EUR 109,00 / US$ 159,00

Beschreibung
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 invoked in the explanations of its success. This book offers a completely new account for the rise and growth of the Hare Krishna movement by analysing it from the viewpoint of cognitive science of religion. It focuses on the charisma of the founder-guru through the writings of his earliest disciples and also takes a close look at the theology and ritual practices of the movement. [Verlagsinformation]

Autor
KIMMO KETOLA, PhD (2002) in Comparative Religion, University of Helsinki, is working as a senior researcher at the Church Research Institute, Tampere, Finland. He has published a number of articles on new religious movements and cognitive science of religion. Faculty profile.

Quellen: Brill; Amazon (Deutschland); WorldCat; Library of Congress.
Schlagwörter: Hinduismus; Visnuismus; Hare-Krishna-Bewegung; Bhaktivedanta, Abhay C.; ISKCON