Modes of institutionalization in the Hare Krishna movement

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  • Vítor Hugo Adami Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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https://doi.org/10.17345/aec15.57-72

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Hare Krishna, identity, community, religious transmission

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 The purpose of this article is to consider the extent to which individuals are institutionalized by a religious tradition. I will base my discussion on Whitehouse’s theory of ‘modes of religiosity’ and a brief description of three life histories of Western individuals who joined the Hare Krishna movement (ISKCON). I shall attempt to analyze how they use their knowledge of this tradition to readjust and reinterpret their religious beliefs and practices from the perspective of a local and global mode of institutionalization. I shall also briefly discuss these institutional dynamics which, at the same time, create equality and alterity so that individuals can possess a sense of both religious identity and belonging to a religious community.

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2015-12-22

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Adami, V. H. (2015). Modes of institutionalization in the Hare Krishna movement. Arxiu d’Etnografia De Catalunya, (15), 57–72. https://doi.org/10.17345/aec15.57-72

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