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Winged Faith: Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement
Paper, 448 pages, 18 illlus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14933-4
$29.50
/ £20.50
June, 2010
Cloth, 448 pages, 18 illlus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14932-7
$89.50
/ £62.00
"A welcome addition to our catalog of religious movements and a timely reminder that circulation does not flow in only one direction—and never will again." — Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
"[An] informative and erudite book." — Alexandra Kent, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
"a rich and challenging text." — Hanna H. Kim, H-Asia
"Winged Faith is a readable and carefully documented account of an extraordinary modern religious figure, but its appeal is much wider. It is an important contribution to the literature on globalization and a valuable corrective to the pervasive view that globalization, especially cultural globalization, is simply westernization." — Bryan S. Turner, Society
"Tulasi Srinivas shows a superb ability to juxtapose contemporary theoretical concerns among scholars of globalization and transnational theory with ethnographic work done on a growing Indian tradition. Adept at negotiating the intricacies of many academic dialogues, Srinivas shows she is a polyglot intellectual." — Deepak Sarma, Case Western University
"This is a wonderful book that can be read on two levels. One: as the fascinating story of how a religious movement spread from India throughout the world, with many vignettes that will stay in one's mind. And two: as a very instructive demonstration that cultural globalization is not a one-way process dominated by the West, but an interaction between cultures, with some processes going from East to West." — Peter L. Berger, Boston University