Transcendent in America: Hindu-Inspired Meditation Movements as New Religion (New and Alternative Religions)
By Lola Williamson.
Description
Yoga, karma, meditation, guru—these terms, once obscure, are now a part of the American lexicon. Combining Hinduism with Western concepts and values, a new hybrid form of religion has developed in the United States over the past century. In Transcendent in America, Lola Williamson traces the history of various Hindu-inspired movements in America, and argues that together they constitute a discrete category of religious practice, a distinct and identifiable form of new religion.Williamson provides an overview of the emergence of these movements through examining exchanges between India...
ISBN(s)
0814794505, 9780814794500
