Hindu-inspired meditation movements in America
Edición de la obra Transcendent in America
| Autor | Lola Williamson |
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| Editorial | New York University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010 |
| Lugar | New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 261 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780814794494, 9780814794500 |
| ISBN-10 | 0814794491, 0814794505 |
| OCLC | 326418528 |
| LCCN | 2009039813 |
| Serie | The new and alternative religions series |
| Número de Cutter | W731t |
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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. 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.