SWAMINARAYAN HINDUISM : tradition, adaptation and identity /
edited by Raymond Brady Williams, Yogi Trivedi.
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- New Delhi Oxford University Press 2017/01/01
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Situating the Swaminarayan tradition in the historiography of modern Hindu reform / Sahajanand Swami's language and communication / Gujarati socio-religious context of Swaminarayan devotion and doctrine / Swaminarayan and British contacts in Gujarat in the 1820s / The Swaminarayan ideology and Kolis in Gujarat / Sahajanand Swami's approach to caste / The Swaminarayan commentarial tradition / Akshara and its four forms in Swaminarayan's doctrine / Swaminarayan's Brahmajnana as Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam / Multivalent Krishna-bhakti in Premanand's poetry / Brahmanand and his innovations in the Barahmasa genre / Early Swaminarayan iconography and its relationship to Vaishnavism / Swaminarayan temple building: tradition and innovation / The Nagara tradition of temple architecture and 'truth to Shastra' / Development of Swaminarayan Hinduism in Uganda and the Kampala Temple / Transnational growth of BAPS in East Africa / Terrorism and interfaith relations at Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar / Construction of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple in Chino Hills, California: a case study in interfaith bridge-building / Thinking through Akshardham and the making of the Swaminarayan self / Swaminarayan (BAPS) identity formation in virtual transnationalism / Raymond Brady Williams -- Brian A. Hatcher -- Makrand Mehta -- Françoise Mallison -- Sadhu Paramtattvadas and Raymond Brady Williams with an Appendix on historical dating by Sadhu Amrutvijaydas -- Vibhuti Parikh -- Sadhu Mangalnidhidas -- Yogi Trivedi -- Arun Brahmbhatt -- Smit Gadhia -- Sadhu Bhadreshdas ; translated by Sadhu Aksharananddas -- Yogi Trivedi -- Dalpat Rajpurohit -- Yogi Trivedi -- Cynthia Packert -- Rabindra Vasavada -- Adam Hardy -- Raymond Brady Williams -- Paddy Musana -- Sadhu Vivekjivandas with Mahendrabhai Patel and Sadhu Ishwarcharandas -- Sadhu Brahmaviharidas -- Kalpesh Bhatt -- Hanna Kim -- Andrew Kunze. I. History. Introduction to history / II. Theology and literature. Introduction to Theology and literature / III. The arts and architecture. Introduction to The arts and architecture / IV. Transnational networks. Introduction to Transnational networks /