Winged Faith : : Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement / / Tulasi Srinivas.

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• VerfasserIn: Srinivas, Tulasi,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 18 illlus.

The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and "New Age"-style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located in an alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It considers how acts of "sacred spectating" and illusion, "moral stakeholding" and the problems of community are debated and experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully understood community.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translation -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Becoming God -- 2. Deus Loci -- 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community -- 4. Renegotiating the Body -- 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power -- 6. Out of God's Hands -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index