Renunciation
A Novel
Traveling in New Mexico in 1971, Will George converts to Bhakti Dharma, a new religious movement influenced by Hinduism and Sikh tradition. Returning to his home in Minnesota, he renounces his previous life, provoking a crisis for everyone in his family. Peter, Will's older brother, is a graduate student at the University of Chicago who studies early Christian asceticism partly to understand his brother's devotion. He gains insight into kundalini yoga, gender roles in the ashram, the guru's charisma, and events such as Jonestown and controversies about Hare Krishna. In Thailand Peter has a profound encounter during a Buddhist meditation retre…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-62189-886-3
- EAN: 9781621898863
- Produktnummer: 30236958
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 232 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'213 KB
Über den Autor
John D. Barbour is Professor of Religion and Boldt Distinguished Teaching Chair in the Humanities at St. Olaf College. He is the author of scholarly essays and four books, including Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of Faith (1994) and The Value of Solitude: The Ethics and Spirituality of Aloneness in Autobiography (2004).
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