The Hindu sect the Vallabha Sampradaya was founded in India in the 15th century by a devotional saint, Vallabhacharya. Their bhakti tradition worships a variety of forms of Krishna as a seven-year-old child. Following U.S. immigration reforms in 1965, members of the sect established a spiritual headquarters for the faith in Pennsylvania and began to construct temples across the United States. Since then, the growth has continued as this 500-year-old faith becomes an American religion, as this work demonstrates.
The Hindu sect the Vallabha Sampradaya was founded in India in the 15th century by a devotional saint, Vallabhacharya. Their bhakti tradition worships a variety of forms of Krishna as a seven-year-old child. Following U.S. immigration reforms in 1965, members of the sect established a spiritual headquarters for the faith in Pennsylvania and began to construct temples across the United States. Since then, the growth has continued as this 500-year-old faith becomes an American religion, as this work demonstrates.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
E. Allen Richardson is a professor of religious studies at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Introduction 5 Part One: Bhakti, Vallabha and the Search for the Sacred 11 1. The Vallabha Sampradaya 12 2. Seeing Krishna: Darshan as the Inward Journey 52 Part Two: Early History 69 3. Krishna's Many Mansions: Mughal Patronage and Expansion 73 4. Of Maharajas and Maharanas: Patronage and the Development of Regional Autonomy 86 Part Three: Pushtimarg in America 101 5. Vaishnavism Without Borders: Shri Nathji and the Journey Abroad 102 6. Fitting Pushtimarg into American Hinduism 134 7. The Challenges of the Diaspora 166 Glossary 187 Appendix 197 Chapter Notes 199 Bibliography 215 Index 225
Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface 1 Introduction 5 Part One: Bhakti, Vallabha and the Search for the Sacred 11 1. The Vallabha Sampradaya 12 2. Seeing Krishna: Darshan as the Inward Journey 52 Part Two: Early History 69 3. Krishna's Many Mansions: Mughal Patronage and Expansion 73 4. Of Maharajas and Maharanas: Patronage and the Development of Regional Autonomy 86 Part Three: Pushtimarg in America 101 5. Vaishnavism Without Borders: Shri Nathji and the Journey Abroad 102 6. Fitting Pushtimarg into American Hinduism 134 7. The Challenges of the Diaspora 166 Glossary 187 Appendix 197 Chapter Notes 199 Bibliography 215 Index 225
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