ISKCON
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a modern manifestation of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which has its roots in 16th-century West Bengal, India. The tradition was institutionalised in a modern form in 1966 when A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada registered the Int...
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| Format: | Electronic Dictionary entry/article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Religious minorities online
Year: 2025 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a modern manifestation of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, which has its roots in 16th-century West Bengal, India. The tradition was institutionalised in a modern form in 1966 when A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada registered the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in New York City. Its mission is to present bhakti yoga (the yoga of devotion) to a Western audience. This article introduces the organisation and its historical origins and examines its beliefs and practices, as well as key events and issues that affect its religious minority status. ISKCON’s efforts to reduce the tension that it has with its modern Western host cultures by adapting its practices are addressed, and its key activities related to education, welfare, and disaster relief are discussed. The wider context of globalisation, online communities, and the increasing importance of diversity, equality, and inclusion in modern society are important to this discussion.Many of the issues addressed in this article are discussed in more detail in Burt (2023). |
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| ISSN: | 2748-1328 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious minorities online
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/rmo.21445379 |
