- Paperback: 294 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press; New Ed edition (11 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0691010927
- ISBN-13: 978-0691010922
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,603,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book conveys the feeling of a well-seasoned and ripened academic offering.... Written so well, and covering so much, [this book] will be the definitive source to be mined for years by scholars of Radhasoami or a number of related interests. -- Robert L. Brown, The Journal of Asian Studies
This book provides the most consolidated, comprehensive and critical account of the Radhasoami movement to date. -- Arvind Sharma, Sociology of Religion
[A] badly needed . . . account of both the [Radhasoami] faith and its expansion. Juergensmeyer's account is more than merely competent. The book has been researched, planned and written with considerable skill and the result is one for which we can be very grateful. -- Hew McLeod, Asian Studies Review
This book provides the most consolidated, comprehensive and critical account of the Radhasoami movement to date. -- Arvind Sharma, Sociology of Religion
[A] badly needed . . . account of both the [Radhasoami] faith and its expansion. Juergensmeyer's account is more than merely competent. The book has been researched, planned and written with considerable skill and the result is one for which we can be very grateful. -- Hew McLeod, Asian Studies Review
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In this book, Mark Juergensmeyer seeks to explain why the religious logic of Radhasoami, which is based on the teachings of medieval Hindu saints, is so compelling to hundreds of thousands of businessmen, intellectuals, office managers, and other urban professionals in North India. Juergensmeyer addresses the perplexing relationship between modernity and religious faith and examines it from historical, sociological, and phenomenological points of view.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Mark Juergensmeyer has written a remarkable book, which provides an invaluable insight into the development of what is now known as the Radhasoami faith. This book is a must for anyone who is seeking initiation into Sant Mat, and it provides information on all the various sects and sub-divisions that have arisen following the ascension of the first master, Soami Ji Maharaj, and provides the seeker with an opportunity to know all the facts before seeking initiation.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Radhasoami culture's description and analysis
25 Feb 2007
Format:Paperback
Good factual description of author's research of this indian religious path. Took some of the misconceptions I had and stripped away some of the mystery a westerner may encounter trying to understand this faith. Well written.
16 of 28 people found the following review helpful
you have to be a practitioner
10 Nov 1999
Format:Paperback
There is so much garbage and misunderstanding when intellectuals write something about an spiritual movement. You have to be a practitioner in order to understand fully what Radhasoami is all about. It was a trick/ploy employed by a would be Saviour but it had nothing to do with Bhagwan Krishna and His favorite Radha. Radha in Radhasoami corresponds to the soul of the disciple/initiate. Soami corresponds to the Satguru. Like the Ramasita movement of Ramananda, the teacher of Kabir Sahib, it has nothing to do with Rama and Sita; Rama corresponds to the Guru and Sita corresponds to the soul of the disciple/initiate. It is much easier to understand if one knows the 'Mother and Child Luminosity' of Tibetan Buddhism. I hope that I did not insulted anyone.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Radhasoami Beas Secret History
14 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
"Good overview book, but nitty gritty of succession
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