{"product_id":"hindu-selves-in-a-modern-world-guru-faith-in-the-mata-amritanandamayi-mission-routledge-south-asian-religion-series-041533988x","title":"Hindu Selves in a Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission (Routledge South Asian Religion Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 041533988X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Warrier, Maya\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores devotional Hinduism in a modern context of high consumerism and revolutionised communications. It focuses on a fast-growing and high-profile contemporary Hindu guru faith originating in India and attracting a transnational following. The organisation is led by a vastly popular female guru, Mata Amritanandamayi, whom devotees worship as an avatar and a healer of the ills of the contemporary world. By drawing upon multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork among the mata's primarily urban, educated 'middle class' Indian devotees, the author provides crucial insights into new trends in popular Hinduism in a post-colonial and rapidly modernising Indian setting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51865555730720,"sku":"NEW041533988X","price":283.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/611ooRlATgL.jpg?v=1781664392","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/hindu-selves-in-a-modern-world-guru-faith-in-the-mata-amritanandamayi-mission-routledge-south-asian-religion-series-041533988x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}