Table of Contents

Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
Preface

1. The Nineteenth-Century Background
2. The Founders: Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
3. Trials of Survival: The Organization of an American Movement
4. Vedanta for Americans: The Teachings of the Ramakrishna Movement
5. The Appeals of Vedanta
6. The Movement since the 1920s
7. The Ramakrishna Movement in History: Past, Present, and Future

Appendix: Vedanta Centers
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index

Illustrations follow page 36

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An important history of the oldest form of Hinduism in America.

About the Author

CARL T. JACKSON is Professor of History and Dean of the college of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas, El Paso.