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 in an
alternate understanding of difference and contestation. It
considers how acts of "sacred spectating" and illusion, "moral
stakeholding" and the problems of community are debated and
experienced. A thrilling study of a transcultural and transurban
phenomenon that questions narratives of self and being, circuits of
sacred mobility, and the politics of affect, Winged Faith
suggests new methods for discussing religion in a globalizing world
and introduces readers to an easily critiqued yet not fully
understood community.
eISBN: 978-0-231-52052-2
Subjects: Religion, Anthropology, History
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