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A new sect of Swaminarayan Hinduism emerged in the late eightieth century. This sect rapidly grew into a global organization due their highly structuralized nature. Fascinatingly, the new sect was able to create the feeling of home away from home in multiple countries. Through the establishments of mandirs, Hindu place of worship, practitioners were able to solidify the feeling of home away from home. Through books, magazine articles and letters the evidence of the new sect creating this feeling is overwhelming. Diaspora theory is woven within the thesis due to the global nature of the sect. This thesis uses a broad definition of diaspora to encompass the change in literature due to the ability of one to maintain close ties to their old homeland. The Swaminarayan sect treaded through diaspora by assimilating to their new homeland all the while keeping a close tie with their old homeland.
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- Religion, colonialism, diaspora: the role of the Hindu Swaminarayan sect in Indian migration to Africa and the world
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- Patel, Amisha (Author)
- Bruner, Jason (Thesis advisor)
- Bennett, Gaymon (Committee member)
- Henn, Alexander (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2016
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- thesisPartial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2016
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 50-52)
- Field of study: Religious studies
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by Amisha Patel