Belonging to a „Billion Strong Global Religion“: Hinduism Today, Hindu Communities and conversion to Hinduism in the Śaiva Siddhānta Church

The Śaiva Siddhānta Church (ŚSC), based in Kauai HI, USA, has been holding rites of conversion to Hinduism since the 1960s. These rites include studying one’s “former” religion, officially declaring severance from it in the presence of a minister or mentor, choosing and officially adopting a new Hindu name as well as aligning with “the Hindu community”. Starting from here, this paper will address the question of community with respect to (1) the meanings of the term, (2) the idea of Hinduism as “a global religion” upheld by numerous “communities” worldwide and (3) the relevance of “community” in the conversion process. For doing so, I will draw on source material published by the Himalayan Academy, a branch of the ŚSC, in the global magazine Hinduism Today, in book publications and on their various websites.

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A imaginação social brasileira e a nossa própria experiência de brasilidade têm se construído, pelo menos desde o século XIX, em torno da imagem e do sentimento de que o Brasil é um país. Formulado inicialmente como uma oposição entre civilização e barbárie, essa dualidade tem sido constantemente desdobrada em outros binarismos, como civilizado/primitivo, moderno/tradicional, litoral/sertão etc. Neste artigo, discute-se a oposição litoral/sertão, propondo o sertão como personagem do mito que narra a conquista da civilização pela nação brasileira.

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Mode of access: Internet.

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Mode of access: Internet.

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Mode of access: Internet.

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Mode of access: Internet.

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