Crying out of Recognition”
Experiences with Meditative Practices in a New Religious Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11403102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Bedford (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Pages | 119-132 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arc The Journal of the School of Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0229-2807 • E-ISSN: 2817-1799 |
| Publisher | McGill University Library and Archives (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26443/arc.v24i.771 |
| OpenAlex | W4386765583 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
A. great deal of attention has been focussed on the larger social environ ments which give rise to and 'explain' New Religious Movements (NRMs) (Stark and Bainbridge 1980;Wallis 1984; Beckford 1986).Scholars know that in this environment individuals may develop new ways of being that enlarge or replace former notions of the self and the work!(Beckford 1986), yet too little has been made of the understanding that members have of their own experience within such groups; a descrip tion of their experience within such groups, in their own words, has yet to be heard.In this study I propose to access such self-understanding through their experiences of meditative practice.To this end, I inter viewed members of an NRM in Quebec, Canada, specifically, "The i and I Art of Living Foundation"--or "i &.I" as it is known to its members.I use the term "NRM" for lack of a better one, though the Foundation is not considered a religion by its founder or its members, but rather, in their own words, "a spiritual, self-development movement"The foundation The Foundation's roots are in India, with offshoots in Europe and North America, so the organization may be termed an International NRM.1 Its leader is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual master horn Bangalore* India.(He is not the well-known musician of the same name.)In Canada the movement began in the late 1980s when devotees in Halifax wrote and implored Shankar to come to the West and eventually he did make visits
Cognitive psychology · Crying · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |