Approaching the rasa-lila of 'great men': interlinking Western 'intuitive' theologies with traditions of Bengal in the Brahmo Samaj

Among contemporary sociologists who critically analyze the specific structure and dynamics of current or ‘late-modern’ societies, it is very common to refer to processes of increasing individualization as an explanation for larger social trends. Presuming a Protestant Christian genealogy for process...

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Main Author: Höke, Vera (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 451-476
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bengalis / Brāhma samāj / Bhakti / Religion / Individualization / Colonialism / Transcendentalism / History 1828-1880
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
TJ Modern history
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