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Reconstructing Tradition
Rebecca Manring
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Description for Reconstructing Tradition
Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Fabricating Tradition explores the devotional Hindu Krishnaite revival of the 15th and 16th centuries and its persistence into modern times through an examination of one of its principal figures, Advaita Acharya. He was the subject of several texts, and Manring considers all of them in terms of changing historical, social, and sectarian contexts. The movement of which Advaita was a part advocated equal access to salvation by all, regardess of class; yet Advaita himself was a high-class Brahman. "Advaita" itself means "non-dual"; yet the movement was inherently dualistic. These conflicts are brought out in greater or lesser degrees in the ... Read more
Fabricating Tradition explores the devotional Hindu Krishnaite revival of the 15th and 16th centuries and its persistence into modern times through an examination of one of its principal figures, Advaita Acharya. He was the subject of several texts, and Manring considers all of them in terms of changing historical, social, and sectarian contexts. The movement of which Advaita was a part advocated equal access to salvation by all, regardess of class; yet Advaita himself was a high-class Brahman. "Advaita" itself means "non-dual"; yet the movement was inherently dualistic. These conflicts are brought out in greater or lesser degrees in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231129541
SKU
V9780231129541
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About Rebecca Manring
Rebecca Manring is assistant professor of India studies and religious studies at Indiana University. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
Reviews for Reconstructing Tradition
Thorough and authentic... highly recommended.
E. Findly Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries [A] fine study of a vast body of literature. Intl Journ of Hindu Studies
E. Findly Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries [A] fine study of a vast body of literature. Intl Journ of Hindu Studies