A detailed case study of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Britain. The book studies the particular development of a new religious movement within the context of Britain, and issues relating to minority religions' place within a multicultural but still hegemonically Christian society.

Reviews

'A detailed and well written book deserves to be widely read. This timely and well-told story should be in every University library and would enliven any graduate or senior undergraduate course on Hinduism.' - Hindu-Christian Studies

'A book which is valuable particularly on account of the care with which solid ethnographic and legal material has been assembled' - Ethnic and Racial Studies

'A detailed and well written book deserves to be widely read. This timely and well-told story should be in every University library and would enliven any graduate or senior undergraduate course on Hinduism.' - Hindu-Christian Studies

'A book which is valuable particularly on account of the care with which solid ethnographic and legal material has been assembled' - Ethnic and Racial Studies

'This book crosses a number of disciplines and it is therefore possible to recommned it to students of anthropology, religion and the social and political sciences. It is written in a clear style that should also make it accessible to the interested general reader.' - Reviews in Religion and Theology

'Malory Nye provides an empirically detailed and theoretically engaging account of a lengthy and complex dispute over the status, use and significance of a place of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Conciousness) worship' - Ethnos

Book Information
ISBN 9780700713929
Author Malory Nye
Format Hardback
Page Count 331
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 640g