Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Section I HISTORY
Introduction: Raymond Brady Williams
1: Chapter 1 Situating the Swaminarayan Tradition in the Historiography of Modern Hindu Reform Brian Hatcher
2: Chapter 2 Sahajanand Swamis Language and Communication Makrand Mehta
3: Chapter 3 The Gujarati Socio-religious Context of Swaminarayan Devotion and Doctrine Francoise Mallison
4: Chapter 4 Swaminarayan and British Contacts in Gujarat in the 1820s Sadhu Paramtattvadas and Raymond Brady Williams with Appendix on Historical Dating by Sadhu Amrutvijayadas
5: Chapter 5 Swaminarayan Ideology and the Kolis of Gujarat Vibhuti Parikh
6: Chapter 6 Sahajanand Swamis Approach to Caste Sadhu Mangalnidhidas
Section II THEOLOGY AND LITERATURE
Introduction: Yogi Trivedi
7: Chapter 7 The Swaminarayan Commentarial Tradition Arun Brahmabatt
8: Chapter 8 Akshara and Its Four Forms in Swaminarayans Doctrine Smit Gadhia
9: Chapter 9 Swaminarayan Brahmajnana as Aksharabrahma-Parabrahma Darshanam Sadhu Bhadreshdas, Translated by Sadhu Aksharananddas
10: Chapter 10 Krishna-bhakti in Premanands Poetry Yogi Trivedi
11: Chapter 11 Brahmanand and His Innovations in the Barahmasa Genre Dalpat Rajpurohit
Section III THE ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
Introduction: Yogi Trivedi
12: Chapter 12 Early Swaminarayan Iconography and Its Relationship to Vaishnavism Cynthia Packert
13: Chapter 13 Swaminarayan Temple Building: Tradition and Innovation Rabendra J. Vasavada
14: Chapter 14 The Nagara Tradition of Temple Architecture and Truth to Shastra Adam Hardy
Section IV TRANSNATIONAL MOVEMENTS
Introduction: Raymond Brady Williams
15: Chapter 15 Swaminarayan Hindus in Uganda Paddy Musana
16: Chapter 16 Transnational Growth of BAPS in East Africa Sadhu Vivekjivandas with Mahendrabhai Patel and Sadhu Ishwarcharandas
17: Chapter 17 Terrorism and Interfaith Relations at Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar Sadhu Brahmaviharidas
18: Chapter 18 Interfaith Bridge Building in California Kalpesh Bhatt
1: Chapter 19 Thinking Through Akshardham and the Making of the Swaminarayan Self Hanna Kim
1: Chapter 20 Swaminarayan (BAPS) Identity Formation in Virtual Transnationalism Andrew Kunze
Notes on Editors and Contributors
Index

About the Author

Raymond Brady Williams is LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities emeritus at Wabash College where he served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion and as Founding Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Yogi Trivedi is Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism and a doctoral student in the Department of Religion at Columbia University. His doctoral
project focuses on the textual and performative study of North Indian devotional traditions in eighteenth and nineteenth century Gujarat, specifically the Swaminarayan Sampraday.

Reviews

The book contains material of diverse kinds concerning the Swaminarayan movement.
*Jeanna Openshaw, Expository Times*