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Book: AoL East and West

Chapter: History

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.22318

Blurb:

The second chapter hasseveral focal points. It traces the movement’s history from a number of different points of view, including: the guru/leader/founder’s biography and hagiography; and an analysis of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as a religious entrepreneur, as discussing in Stark and Bainbridge’s model of ‘cult’ formation.

Chapter Contributors

  • Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen ([email protected] - ingabt) 'University of Tromsø.'
  • Milda Ališauskienė (Milda'@equinoxpub.com - malisauskiene) 'Vytautas Magnus University'
  • James R. Lewis ([email protected] - jamesrlewis) 'University of Tromsø'