Hinduism in India and congregational forms: Influences of modernization and social networks

Religions

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 676-692

  Stroope, Samuel ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congregations; Hinduism; India; Institutional differentiation; Modernization; Organizations; Rationalization; Satsang; Social embeddedness; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873334301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20771444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rel2040676     Document Type: Article

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