Srinivas, Tulasi. <br/><br/>
Winged Faith :  Rethinking Globalization and Religious Pluralism through the Sathya Sai Movement / 
Tulasi Srinivas. 
 - New York ;  Chichester :  Columbia University Press,  ©2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 430 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Translation; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Toward Cultural Understanding; 1. Becoming God: The Story of Sathya Sai Baba; 2. Deus Loci: Economies of Faith, Sacred Travel, and the Building of a Moral Architecture; 3. Illusion, Play, and Work in a Moral Community: Divine Darshan and the Practices of Transnational Devotion; 4. Renegotiating the Body: Muscular Morality, Truancy, and the Satisfaction of Desire; 5. Secrecy, Ambiguity, Truth, and Power: The Global Sai Organization and the Anti-Sai Network. 6. Out of God's Hands: Reframing Material WorldsIn Lieu of a Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Cultural Translation and Engaged Cosmopolitanism; Appendix; Notes; References; Index. 
<br/><br/> The Sathya Sai global civil religious movement incorporates Hindu and Muslim practices, Buddhist, Christian, and Zoroastrian influences, and ""New Age""--Style rituals and beliefs. Shri Sathya Sai Baba, its charismatic and controversial leader, attracts several million adherents from various national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. In a dynamic account of the Sathya Sai movement's explosive growth, Winged Faith argues for a rethinking of globalization and the politics of identity in a religiously plural world. This study considers a new kind of cosmopolitanism located. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231520522 0231520522 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/cttgqb0v  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011 --Cult.<br/>Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011 --Cult.<br/>Sathya Sai Baba, 1926-2011. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Globalization--Religious aspects.<br/>Religious pluralism.<br/>RELIGION--General.<br/>RELIGION--Comparative Religion.<br/>Cults.<br/>Globalization--Religious aspects.<br/>Religious pluralism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP605.S14  / S75 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5092