Transcendent in America: Hindu-Inspired Meditation Movements as New Religion

by Lola Williamson

Book Overview

Yoga, karma, meditation, guru--these terms, once obscure, are now a part of the American lexicon. Combining Hinduism with Western concepts and values, a new hybrid form of religion has developed in the United States over the past century. In Transcendent in America, Lola Williamson traces the history of various Hindu-inspired movements in America, and argues that together they constitute a discrete category of religious practice, a distinct...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814794505
• ISBN13: 9780814794500
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"