Orianne Aymard

When a Goddess Dies

Worshipping Ma Anandamayi After Her Death

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Produktbeschreibung

Using numerous interviews and extensive research, this book explores the devotional movement of the enduring religious figure, Anandamayi Ma, venerated both as a guru and an incarnation of the Divine on Earth. Orianne Aymard asks what happens to a charismatic movement after the death (mahasamadhi) of the guru.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780199368624
• ISBN-10: 0199368627
• Artikelnr.: 40030009

Autorenporträt

Orianne Aymard has been a Visiting Scholar at the South Asia Institute of Columbia University. She is currently a Research Associate at the Centre détudes et de recherche sur lInde, lAsie du Sud et sa diaspora (CERIAS), in Montreal

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Aspects of the Postmortem Cult of the Guru
Chapter 2: The Cult of Relics in Hinduism
Chapter 3: Death of the Guru
Chapter 4: Presence of the Guru
Chapter 5: Sustainability of the Postmortem Cult
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index