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Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums and Yoginis

This Special Issue is entitled “Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums, and Yoginis: Holy Women as ‘Influencers’ in Hindu Culture” and features emerging research on holy women from different disciplinary perspectives. Applying the “influencer” concept to the study of religion, the volume explores the v...

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Aineistotyyppi: Online
Kieli:englanti
Julkaistu: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2025
Aiheet:
Revelation
gurus
Hinduism
holy women
charisma
mediums
trance
Bauls
poet-saints
priestesses
yoga
Bhakti
Tantra
ashram
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory
Linkit:ONIX_20250220_9783725823932_253
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Yhteenveto:This Special Issue is entitled “Gurus, Priestesses, Saints, Mediums, and Yoginis: Holy Women as ‘Influencers’ in Hindu Culture” and features emerging research on holy women from different disciplinary perspectives. Applying the “influencer” concept to the study of religion, the volume explores the varieties of strategies that holy women use for gaining and expressing power in diverse roles. It examines different concepts of holiness and leadership for men and women, the role of charisma, and the arenas of activity and accomplishment for holy women in India and abroad. By relating a new idea—that of the ‘influencer’—to the study of women and religious authority, the Issue contributes fresh and refined analyses and explanatory models toward a greater understanding of women’s evolving relationship to the Hindu tradition. As the co-editors, we are grateful to our team of contributors, peer reviewers, and the Religions editorial staff for their collaboration and enthusiasm in bringing this volume to completion.

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