South Asian religion in a cosmopolitan language Aravamudan, Srinivas. creator text bibliography Electronic books. nju Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press ©2006 2006 monographic eng 1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages). Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism into global use. Using "Guru English" as a tagline for the globalizing idiom that has grown up around these religions, Aravamudan traces the diffusion and transformation of South Asian religious discourses as they shu. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Theolinguistics: Orientalists, Brahmos, Vedantins, and Yogis; Chapter Two From Indian Romanticism to Guru Literature; Chapter Three Theosophistries; Chapter Four The Hindu Sublime, or Nuclearism Rendered Cultural; Chapter Five Blasphemy, Satire, and Secularism; Chapter Six New Age Enchantments; Afterword; Notes; Index. Srinivas Aravamudan. Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-311) and index. az----- English language South Asia Religious aspects English language Social aspects South Asia South Asia Religion Study and teaching Religion and culture Cosmopolitanism India LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics General SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology of Religion Cosmopolitanism English language Religious aspects English language Social aspects Religion and culture Religion Study and teaching India South Asia Religion Religion Südasien Englisch PE3502.G87 A73 2006eb 420/.954 Aravamudan, Srinivas. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2004062907 (OCoLC)57391872 9781400826858 1400826853 22573/cttxdkt JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=370817 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=370817 N$T 110629 20200709055403.0 ocn733555318 eng