Finding God through Yoga : Paramahansa Yogananda and Modern American Religion in a Global Age

David J. Neumann

ISBN 10: 1469648628 / ISBN 13: 9781469648620

Edité par The University Of North Carolina Press Mär 2019, 2019

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Neuware - Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 1952), a Hindu missionary to the United States, wrote one of the world s most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was first published in 1946 and continues to be one of the best-selling spiritual philosophy titles of all time. In this critical biography, David Neumann tells the story of Yogananda s fascinating life while interpreting his position in religious history, transnational modernity, and American culture. Beginning with Yogananda s spiritual investigations in his native India, Neumann tells how this early "global guru" emigrated to the United States in 1920 and established his headquarters, the Self-Realization Fellowship, in Los Angeles, where it continues today.Preaching his message of Hindu yogic philosophy in a land that routinely sent its own evangelists to India, Yogananda was fueled by a religious nationalism that led him to conclude that Hinduism could uniquely fill a spiritual void in America and Europe. At the same time, he embraced a growing belief that Hinduism s success outside South Asia hinged on a sincere understanding of Christian belief and practice. By "universalizing" Hinduism, Neumann argues, Yogananda helped create the novel vocation of Hindu yogi evangelist, generating fresh connections between religion and commercial culture in a deepening American religious pluralism.

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• Titre: Finding God through Yoga : Paramahansa Yogananda and Modern American Religion in a Global Age
• Éditeur: The University Of North Carolina Press Mär 2019
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1469648628
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781469648620
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 240 L x 161 H x 26 P (en millimètres) 240 millimètres de largeur par 161 millimètres de hauteur par 26 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 784 grammes

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Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), a Hindu missionary to the United States, wrote one of the world's most highly acclaimed spiritual classics, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was first published in 1946 and continues to be one of the best-selling spiritual philosophy titles of all time. In this critical biography, David Neumann tells the story of Yogananda's fascinating life while interpreting his position in religious history, transnational modernity, and American culture. Beginning with Yogananda's spiritual investigations in his native India, Neumann tells how this early "global guru" emigrated to the United States in 1920 and established his headquarters, the Self-Realization Fellowship, in Los Angeles, where it continues today.

Preaching his message of Hindu yogic philosophy in a land that routinely sent its own evangelists to India, Yogananda was fueled by a religious nationalism that led him to conclude that Hinduism could uniquely fill a spiritual void in America and Europe. At the same time, he embraced a growing belief that Hinduism's success outside South Asia hinged on a sincere understanding of Christian belief and practice. By "universalizing" Hinduism, Neumann argues, Yogananda helped create the novel vocation of Hindu yogi evangelist, generating fresh connections between religion and commercial culture in a deepening American religious pluralism.

À propos de l'auteur

David J. Neumann is assistant professor of history education at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.