“New New Religions” in North America: The Swaminarayan Family of Religions
The Swaminarayan movement, which emerged in the early nineteenth century in the Indian state of Gujarat, has grown into a significant Indian sectarian group through the twentieth century. After 1965, it began to expand in America, and has emerged into a family...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of CESNUR
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 89-109 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Swāmī-Nārāyaṇī'
/ New religion
/ New foundation
/ History 1965-2020
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Vaishnava Hinduism
B New Religious Movements in America B Swaminarayan B Hinduism B Hinduism in America |
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| Summary: | The Swaminarayan movement, which emerged in the early nineteenth century in the Indian state of Gujarat, has grown into a significant Indian sectarian group through the twentieth century. After 1965, it began to expand in America, and has emerged into a family of almosta dozen individual new religious movements, notable for the large temples they have erected. Their presence calls for an expanded focus of interest by new religions scholars, to include those diverse groups that have emerged into prominence on the religious landscape in the twenty-first century. |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2020.4.4.5 |