Swami Vivekananda's Legacy of Service: A Study of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Political Science
- 23 March 2006
ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FRONTISPIECE INTRODUCTION: 'A PRECIOUS ACQUISITION IN THE WORLD'S STOREHOUSE OF RELIGIOUS SADHANAS' PART ONE SEVA IN THE RAMAKRISHNA MATH AND…
Hindu Sacred Images for the Mass Market
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Art
- 1 December 2001
About the book:
From Sacred Text to Internet addresses two key issues affecting the global spread of religion: first, the impact of new media on the ways in which religious traditions present their…
From Sacred Text to Internet
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Art
- 5 October 2017
From Sacred Text to Internet addresses two key issues affecting the global spread of religion: first, the impact of new media on the ways in which religious traditions present their messages, and…
Swami Vivekananda and the sangh parivar: convergent or divergent views on population, religion and national identity?
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Sociology
- 1 June 2006
The article examines the way in which organisations representing the Hindu Right have deployed the ideas of Swami Vivekananda in their political rhetoric in which Hinduism has been depicted as being…
Religion and Commodification: ‘Merchandizing’ Diasporic Hinduism
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- History
- 23 April 2012
Followers of 'Mohammed, Kalee and Dada Nanuk': the presence of Islam and South Asian religions in Victorian Britiain
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- History
- 1997
About the book:
This book provides a new and important expansion of the first four volumes. It contains both specially written essays and a related compilation of primary sources drawn from the…
‘An ordinary organisation run by ordinary people’: a study of leadership in Vivekananda Kendra
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- History
- 1 March 2010
Vivekananda Kendra describes itself as a ‘spiritually oriented service mission’, extensively influenced by both Swami Vivekananda and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. As the name of the movement…
The Ramakrishna Mission: The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Geology
- 25 January 2001
This critical study of the Ramakrishna Movement traces the movement from its initial development up to the present. It features discussions of personalities other than Ramakrishna and Vivekananda who…
Iconographic representations of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- Art
- 1 October 1996
Abstract Through the use of popular statuary, devotional pictures and calendars available in the markets and temple stalls of Calcutta, I compare the ways in which the legacy of Ramakrishna and…
Iconographic representations of renunciation and activism in the Ramakrishna math and mission and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
- Gwilym Beckerlegge
- History
- 1 January 2004
The growth of seva activities (organised service to humanity) in Hindu movements since the nineteenth century has been the subject of debate among both Hindus and scholarly observers. This article…
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