Homegrown gurus : from Hinduism in America to American Hinduism /

Homegrown gurus : from Hinduism in America to American Hinduism / edited by Ann Gleig and Lola Williamson. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ram Dass : The Vicissitudes of Devotion and the Ferocity of Grace / Building Tantric Infrastructure in America : Rudi's Western Kashmir Shaivism / Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health / Swamis, Scholars, and Gurus : Siddha Yoga's American Legacy / A Life in Progress : The Biographies of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami / Guru Authority, Ethnicity, and the Decline of New Vrindaban / Neo-Avaita in America : Three Representative Teachers / From Being to Becoming, Transcending to Transforming : Andrew Cohen and the Evolution of Enlightenment / On Reason, Religion, and the Real / F.X. Charet -- Helen Crovetto -- Ellen Goldberg -- Lola Williamson -- Richard D. Mann -- E. Burke Rochford, Jr. and Henry Doktorski -- Philip Charles Lucas -- Ann Gleig -- Jeffrey J. Kripal.



9781461951438


Hinduism--United States.
Gurus--United States.


Electronic Books.

BL1168 / .H664 2013