The Ramakrishna Mission The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement

by Beckerlegge, Gwilym

• ISBN13: 9780195651331
• ISBN10: 0195651332
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This critical study of the Ramakrishna Movement traces the movement from its initial development up to the present. It features discussions of personalities other than Ramakrishna and Vivekananda who made important contributions.

Author Biography

Gwilym Beckerlegge is Senior Lecturer and staff tutor in Religious Studies at the Faculty of Arts, The Open University, UK.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	xi
Illustrations	xii
Introduction	1	(6)
Part One: The Ramakrishna Movement in Theoretical Perspective
The Ramakrishna Movement and Its Tradition According to Two `Sympathetic Outsiders': F. Max Muller and Romain Rolland	7	(20)
Ramakrishna and Vivekananda in Critical Studies of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission	27	(25)
Categorizing the Ramakrishna Math and Mission	52	(27)
Part Two: The Ramakrishna Movement in India
`First of All Comes the Gift of Food': Swami Vivekananda's Response to the Problem of Modern Famine	79	(17)
The Ramakrishna Math and Mission's Practice of Seva and the Promotion of Human Rights	96	(17)
Iconographic Representations of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda	113	(30)
Part Three: The Ramakrishna Movement in Britain
Sowing the Seeds of Vedanta in Britain: Surprising Shoots or Disappointing Harvest?	143	(37)
Henrietta Muller's Search for the Religion of the Femme Libre	180	(22)
Bibliography	202	(13)
Index	215