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.
#1060083 in Books Massimo Montanari 2006-11-21Original language:ItalianPDF # 1 7.58 x .72 x 6.38l; .70 #File Name: 0231137907168 pagesFood Is Culture
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. One to plow through if you can stay awake.By J. B. RoessetSome interesting points to be made but contrary to what the introduction said; that it was user-friendly and non-pedantic; it was just the opposite; an opinion agreed with by fellow students in the short course I did as part of an alumni college program. The kernels of new information were wrapped up in lengthy obtuse language; probably easily accessible to those in the field but not so to us ordinary older age students outside the field. Just like lawyers; businessmen; doctors; etc have their own jargon; so apparently do those in the academic field in which the author was writing; though some of the problem may be attributable to the translation from Italian. Our teacher made the same points in a much more easily understandable and memorable way.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Food is cultureBy F. PapadopoulosThis is an opportunity for enjoyable and thought provoking reading.The metaphor of "food as language" proved very versatile for academic purposes.I have used Montanari's ideas to put together a short introduction to aMarketing in the Food Sector module. My students can now relate media language with"food language" in meaningful and imaginative ways.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Edison BittencourtVery interesting to look at food as culture
