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The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States

The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States Paperback - 2004

by Karen Pechilis

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Features essays that look at the phenomenon of the female guru both in its original Indian context, where Hindu women leaders have been unusual but not unknown, and as it has evolved on the American scene. Each chapter is devoted to a p
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  • Title The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States
  • Author Karen Pechilis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, U. K.
  • Date 2004-08-05
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195145380_pod
  • ISBN 9780195145380 / 0195145380
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.12 x 0.61 in (23.37 x 15.54 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Women's Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Hindu
  • Library of Congress subjects Gurus - India, Women in Hinduism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003011221
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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The little over a century since Vivekananda's visit to the first Parliament of World Religions, held in Chicago in 1893, has seen a steady stream of South Asian gurus pouring in to the United States.

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Citations

  • Choice, 02/01/2005, Page 1037

About the author

Karen Pechilis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Drew University, where she has recently been appointed the NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director of the Humanities. She is the author of The Embodiment of Bhakti (OUP, 2000).

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