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The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant

Edited by Edwin Bryant and Maria Ekstrand

August, 2004
Cloth, 496 pages, none
ISBN: 978-0-231-12256-6
$56.50 / £33.00

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Foreword, by Larry D. Shinn

Introduction, by Edwin F. Bryant and Maria L. Ekstrand

Part 1. Krishna Consciousness in the Context of Hindu Theology

1. Krishna, the Intimate Deity, by Graham M. Schweig

2. The History of Indic Monotheism and Modern Chaitanya Vaishnavism: Some Reflections, by Neal Delmonico

3. Hare Krishna Mahamantra: Gaudiya Vaishnava Practice and the Hindu Tradition of Sacred Sound, by Guy L. Beck

4. Krishna in Mleccha desh: ISKCON Temple Worship in Historical Perspective, by Kenneth Valpey (Krishna Kshetra Das)

Part 2. Bhaktivedanta Swami and His Predecessors

5. Who Is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu?, by Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Das)

6. Charismatic Renewal and Institutionalization in the History of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the Gaudiya Math, by Jan Brzezinski

7. Bhaktivinoda and Scriptural Literalism, by Shukavak N. Das

8. The Guru, Mayavadins, and Women: Tracing the Origins of Selected Polemical Statements in the Work of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, by Ekkehard Lorenz

9. Bhaktivedanta Swami's Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, by Paul H. Sherbow

Part 3. Post-Bhaktivedanta Controversies of Lineage

10. Cleaning House and Cleaning Hearts: Reform and Renewal in ISKCON, by William H. Deadwyler (Ravindra Svarupa Das)

11. The Guardian of Devotion: Disappearance and Rejection of the Spiritual Master in ISKCON After 1977, by Swami Bhakti Bhavana Vishnu

12. The No Change in ISKCON Paradigm, by Krishnakant Desai , Sunil Awatramani (Adridharan Das), and Madhu Pandit Das

13. The "Routinization of Charisma" and the Charismatic: The Confrontation Between ISKCON and Narayana Maharaja, by Irvin H. Collins

Part 4. Heresies

14. Doctrinal Controversy and the Group Dynamic, by Conrad Joseph (Kundali Das)

15. Heresy and the Jiva Debate, by Howard Resnick (Hridayananda Das Goswami)

Part 5. Social Issues

16. Airports, Conflict, and Change in the Hare Krishna Movement, by E. Burke Rochford Jr.

17. Healing the Heart of ISKCON: The Place of Women, by Kim Knott

18. Life as a Woman on Watseka Avenue: Personal Story I, by Nori J. Muster

19. Child Abuse and the Hare Krishnas: History and Response, by David Wolf

20. Fifteen Years Later: A Critique of Gurukula: Personal Story II, by Gabriel Deadwyler (Yudhishthira Das)

21. Race, Monarchy, and Gender: Bhaktivedanta Swami's Social Experiment, by Ekkehard Lorenz

Part 6. Reevaluations

22. On Leaving ISKCON: Personal Story III, by Steven J. Gelberg

23. On Staying in ISKCON: Personal Story IV, by Michael Grant (Mukunda Goswami) and Anuttama Das Adhikari

24. Re-Visioning ISKCON: Constructive Theologizing for Reform and Renewal, by Thomas Herzig (Tamal Krishna Goswami) and Kenneth Valpey (Krishna Kshetra Das)

Concluding Reflections, by Edwin F. Bryant and Maria L. Ekstrand

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About the Author

Edwin F. Bryant is assistant professor of Hinduism at Rutgers University. His publications include The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Cultureand Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God, Srimad Bhagavata Purana Book Ten. Maria L. Ekstrand is a psychologist on the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco who was involved in the development of ISKCON's child abuse investigation guidelines.

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