Hare Krishna Transformed

By (author) Rochford, E. Burke

Most widely known for its adherents chanting "Hare Krishna" and distributing religious literature on the streets of American cities, the Hare Krishna movement was founded in New York City in 1965 by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Formally known as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, it is based on the Hindu Vedic scriptures and is a Western outgrowth of a popular yoga tradition which began in the sixteenth century. In its first generation, ISKCON actively deterred marriage and the nuclear family, denigrated women, and viewed the raising of children as a distraction from devotees' spiritual responsibilities. Yet since the death of its founder in 1977, there has been a growing women's rights movement and also a highly publicized child abuse scandal. Most strikingly, this movement has transformed into one that now embraces the nuclear family and is more accepting of both women and children, steps taken out of necessity to sustain itself as a religious movement into the next generation. At the same time, it is now struggling to contend with the consequences of its recent outreach into the India-born American Hindu community. Based on three decades of in-depth research and participant observation, "Hare Krishna Transformed" explores dramatic changes in this new religious movement over the course of two generations from its founding.

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書名 Hare Krishna Transformed
著作者等 Rochford, E. Burke
シリーズ名 New and Alternative Religions
出版元 New York University Press
刊行年月 2007.05.01
ページ数 288p
大きさ H226 x W156
ISBN 9780814775790
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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