Be United, Be Virtuous
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karline Mclain (Bucknell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 20-49 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2011.15.2.20 |
| OpenAlex | W1529267429 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In one popular devotional poster the Indian god-man Shirdi Sai Baba (d. 1918) gazes out at the viewer, his right hand raised in blessing. Behind him are a Hindu temple, a Muslim mosque, a Sikh gurdwara, and a Christian church; above him is the slogan, “Be United, Be Virtuous.” In his lifetime, Shirdi Sai Baba acquired a handful of Hindu and Muslim devotees in western India. Over the past several decades, he has been transformed from a regional figure into a revered persona of pan-Indian significance. While much scholarship on religion in modern India has focused on Hindu nationalist groups, new religious movements seeking to challenge sectarianism have received far less attention. Drawing upon primary devotional materials and ethnographic research, this article argues that one significant reason for the rapid growth of this movement is Shirdi Sai Baba’s composite vision of spiritual unity in diversity, construed by many devotees as a needed corrective to rigid sectarian ideologies
Aesthetics · Art · Blessing · Buddhism · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Ideology · Nationalism · Political science · Scholarship · Sectarianism · Slogan · Sociology · Theology · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |