Ninian Smart, Swami Purnananda

Prophet of a New Hindu Age (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the fascinating biography, first published in 1985, of the remarkable Bengali religious leader Swami Pranavananda who lived in the turbulent years of the early twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351801058
• Artikelnr.: 48185410

Autorenporträt

Roderick Ninian Smart was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. In 1967 he established the first department of religious studies in the United Kingdom at the new University of Lancaster where he was also Pro-Vice-Chancellor, having already chaired one of the largest and most prestigious departments of theology in Britain at the University of Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Childhood of a Yogi 2. Early Struggles and Schooldays 3. Spiritual
Emancipation 4. Early Life at the Ashram 5. The Creation of the Sangha 6.
The Holy Places 7. Hindu Unity and the Dharma State 8. The Dimensions of
the Acharya's Faith 9. Last Days and Retrospect