Sökning: "Modern Hinduism"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Modern Hinduism.

  1. 1. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist

    Författare :Ferdinando Sardella; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bhakti; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; Bengal intellectual life; Bhaktivinoda; caste; Chaitanya doctrines; colonialism; Gaudiya Math; globalization; India religion 20th century; missionaries; modern Hinduism; postcolonialism; Vaishnavism Vishnuism; Vedanta; Vivekananda; worship Hinduism ; Modern Hinduism; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Neither Here - Nor There : An Anthropological Study of Gujarati Hindu Women in the diaspora

    Författare :Elizabeth Åsa Hole; Hugh Beach; Eleanor Nesbitt; Frank Korom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Anthropology; Diaspora; Gujaratis; Uganda Asians; Hinduism; Women; Agency; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : During the 1950s, a wave of migrants left India to find work in the West. Many never returned, but instead settled in the West. There were also many Asians who left to live in East African countries. In the beginning of the 1970s, Idi Amin decided to finalise the Africanisation of Uganda. LÄS MER