Gaudiya Vaisnavism and ISKCON

The Journal of Vaishnava Studies began as a small scholarly enterprise in 1992 and blossomed into one of Hinduism's most successful academic journals, with articles that are used as required reading in universities worldwide. Its focus is on the many Vaishnava lineages of India, including cutting-edge research by leading scholars in the field. Culled from the vast archives of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, the present volume offers a variety of well-informed papers on the history, philosophy, and culture of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. It also explores this tradition's contemporary and most far-reaching manifestation: the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Thus, the insightful articles found here unveil the many layers of the rich theistic tradition known throughout the world as 'The Hare Krishna Movement.'

Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraja Dasa) is an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Rosen is founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies, an academic periodical esteemed by scholars around the world, and associate editor of Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krishna Movement.

The contributors of this book are: Acyutananda dasa, Tamal Krishna Goswami , Ravi Gupta, Graham M. Schweig, Guy L. Beck, Rahul Peter Das, Shukavak das, Ravindra Svarupa dasa, Howard J. Resnick, Neal Delmonico, E. Burke Rochford Jr., Gerald T. Carney, Kenneth Rose, Klaus K. Klostermaier, Bruce N. Scharf, Kim Knott, Charles R. Brooks, Jason D. Fuller, Donna M. Wulff, Eric Huberman, June McDaniel, Travis Chilcott, Barbara Holdrege, Norvin Hein, and Steven J. Rosen.