TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keul,István
AU  - Raman,Srilata
TI  - Religious authority in South Asia: generating the guru 
T2  - Routledge studies in South Asian religion
SN  - 9781032725734
AV  - BL1055 .R4758 2023
U1  - 206/.10954 23/eng20220820
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY 
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Gurus
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Authority
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "This book focuses on genealogies of religious authority in South Asia, examining the figure of the guru in narrative texts, polemical tracts, hagiographies, histories, in contemporary devotional communities, New Age spiritual movements and global guru organizations. Experts in the field present reflections on historically specific contexts in which a guru comes into being, becomes part of a community, is venerated, challenged or repudiated, generates a new canon, remains unique with no clear succession or establishes a succession in which charisma is routinized. The guru emerges and is sustained and routinized from the nexus of guruship, narratives, performances and community. The contributors to the book examine this nexus at specific historical moments with all their elements of change and contingency. The book will be of interest to scholars in the field of South Asian studies, the study of religions and cultural studies"--
ER  -