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- Title: Hare Krishnas in Singapore: Agency, State, And Hinduism (Essay)
- Author : SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 226 KB
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Introduction Over the past forty years, there has been a proliferation of new religious movements all over the world (Glock and Bellah 1976; Tipton 1982; Wuthnow 1976; Robbins and Anthony 1982; Richardson 1983). Some of these, such as Transcendental Meditation, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Zen Buddhism and the Unification Church, had Asian roots before they established beachheads in the American religious market (Bainbridge 1997, p. 179). After having gained popularity in America and Europe, they expanded into other parts of Asia, where they were previously unknown or shunned. Asian converts to these movements often found themselves in a situation where they have to participate in contestation of physical, social and psychological space in the midst of their new found religion's tenets, the mainstream religious ethos which shares common roots with their new religion, and the rule of the state where they resided.
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