Williams on South Asian Religions and Immigration

Raymond Brady Williams is Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, Wabash College and Director, Emeritus, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Wabash College.

Contents: Preface. Transmission of Religious Traditions: What has Athens to do with Jerusalem or Bombay? Tradition and the liberal arts; The sacred thread: transmission of tradition; Sacred threads of several textures. Swaminarayan Hinduism: Presentation of the Shikshapatri to Sir John Malcom; Holy man as religious specialist: acharya tradition in Vaishnavism; Holy man as abode of god in Swaminarayan Hinduism; The guru as pastoral counselor; Training religious specialists for a transnational Hinduism: a Swaminarayan sadhu training center; Terror invades paradise; The Swaminarayan Hindu temple in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Religions Of Immigrants From South Asia: Asian-Indian and Pakistani religions in the United States; Religion and ethnicity in America; Negotiating the tradition: religious organizations and Gujarati group identity in the United States; A brief history of South Asian religions in the United States; Asian-Indian Muslims in the United States; South Asian Christians; Immigrants from India and Hindu-Christian dialogue. References; Index.