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" Filmreife Epiphanien im dritten Raum: "
István Keul, Michael Stausberg, István Keul, et al.
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AL
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1079031
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LA122660
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10.1163/156852710X12551326520616
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English
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István Keul
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Michael Stausberg
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Filmreife Epiphanien im dritten Raum: [Article] : Ein transreligiöser Kult in Mumbai\ István Keul, Michael Stausberg, István Keul, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Numen
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2010
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57/1
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30–77
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This study introduces a religious group based in present-day Mumbai and led by two Indian (Parsi) Zoroastrians. The group can be characterized as transreligious, as it appeals to followers with varied religious affiliations, without claiming to establish a new religion. After looking at the two leaders’ biographies and tracing some of the important stages in their development from middle-class Parsi laypeople to their present status of “divine lights,” the essay examines their main mythological, theological, and iconographic features. A description and analysis of an important ritual event (a birthday darshan) is followed by devotees’ testimonies of “divine miracles” resulting from their encounter with the “divine lights.” After some glimpses at the followers’ day-to-day life, the essay ends with reflections on terminology, typology, and context. This study introduces a religious group based in present-day Mumbai and led by two Indian (Parsi) Zoroastrians. The group can be characterized as transreligious, as it appeals to followers with varied religious affiliations, without claiming to establish a new religion. After looking at the two leaders’ biographies and tracing some of the important stages in their development from middle-class Parsi laypeople to their present status of “divine lights,” the essay examines their main mythological, theological, and iconographic features. A description and analysis of an important ritual event (a birthday darshan) is followed by devotees’ testimonies of “divine miracles” resulting from their encounter with the “divine lights.” After some glimpses at the followers’ day-to-day life, the essay ends with reflections on terminology, typology, and context.
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cults
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darshan
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gurus
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Hinduism
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hybrid
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India
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Mumbai
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Parsi
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religious innovation
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syncretism
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trans-religious
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Zoroastrianism
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10.1163/156852710X12551326520616
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