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| Named Person: | Sathya Sai Baba |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tulasi Srinivas |
| ISBN: | 9780231149327 0231149328 9780231149334 0231149336 9780231520522 0231520522 |
| OCLC Number: | 458890808 |
| Description: | xii, 430 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments Note on Translation List of Abbreviations Introduction: Toward Cultural Understanding 1. Becoming God: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba 2. Deus Loci: Economies of Faith, Sacred Travel, and the Building of a Moral Architecture 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community: Divine Darshan and the Practices of Transnational Devotion 4. Renegotiating the Body: Muscular Morality, Truancy, and the Satisfaction of Desire 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power: The Global Sai Organization and the Anti-Sai Network 6. Out of God's Hands: Reframing Material Worlds In Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged Cosmopolitanism Appendix Notes References Index |
| Responsibility: | Tulasi Srinivas. |
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A welcome addition to our catalog of religious movements and a timely reminder that circulation does not flow in only one direction -- and never will again. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 3/19/11 [An] informative and erudite book. -- Alexandra Kent Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol 17, No 8 a rich and challenging text. -- Hanna H. Kim H-Asia 5/1/2011 Read more...
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