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The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change
Graham Dwyer
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Description for The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change
Hardback. The Hare Krishna Movement is popularly associated with groups of chanting, saffron-robed followers, whose colourful appearance on the streets of western cities became increasingly commonplace after the Movement's emergence in 1965. But there is much more to the Krishna phenomenon, and this book focuses on what the Movement is all about. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8pp 1/1 plates. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
The Hare Krishna Movement is popularly associated with groups of chanting, saffron-robed followers, whose colourful appearance on the streets of western cities became increasingly commonplace after the Movement's emergence in 1965. But there is much more to the Krishna phenomenon than simply its bands of singing and dancing adherents. This groundbreaking book focuses for the first time on what is currently taking place inside the Hare Krishna Movement, and examines the changes and developments that have shaped it over the past forty years. The essays offer an unparalleled overview of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and explore a ... Read more
The Hare Krishna Movement is popularly associated with groups of chanting, saffron-robed followers, whose colourful appearance on the streets of western cities became increasingly commonplace after the Movement's emergence in 1965. But there is much more to the Krishna phenomenon than simply its bands of singing and dancing adherents. This groundbreaking book focuses for the first time on what is currently taking place inside the Hare Krishna Movement, and examines the changes and developments that have shaped it over the past forty years. The essays offer an unparalleled overview of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), and explore a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845114077
SKU
V9781845114077
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Graham Dwyer
Graham Dwyer is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Winchester University, and is the author of The Divine and the Demonic: Supernatural Affliction and its Treatment in North India (2003). Richard J Cole is a Hare Krishna monk and the Secretary of ISKCON UK's Communications Department at Bhaktivedanta Manor.
Reviews for The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant and Change
'The Hare Krishna Movement combines insightful "insider'" and "outsider" voices to provide an essential review and timely update on the growing and maturing phenomenon of worldwide Krishna-devotionalism. For storytracking the Hare Krishna movement as an important focal point in today's increasingly varied landscape of spiritual practices and aspirations, this collection is a welcome resource.' - Kenneth Valpey, Research Fellow, ... Read more