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• W2570541714 abstract "The central aim of my thesis is to examine the processes by which individuals from aWestern background enter the International Society for Krishna Consciousnes(ISKCON), a transnational religious movement with its roots in ChaitanyaVaishnavism, a Hindu tradition originating in India. The central argument of myresearch is that extant models of conversion do not do justice to the process by whichindividuals enter ISKCON and assimilate its values, beliefs, and practices. This thesisthus critically examines conversion models/theories and seeks to refine ourunderstanding of conversion, especially in relation to groups in which everyday ritualpractice plays a central role. My research is based on the analysis of in-depthinterviews with ISKCON entrants and engagement with theories on ritual andliterature on conversion.The tradition’s essential practices involve chanting God’s holy names: HareKrishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, RamaRama, Hare Hare and making food offerings to the Hindu deity Krishna (these arereferred to as prasadam rites). Ritual is both a doorway for coming in contact withISKCON and a crucial practice for entrants to make progress from the status ofneophyte to novice and to qualify for successive initiation rituals.I draw mainly upon Catherine Bell’s theory of ritualisation to explore entryinto ISKCON in relation to ritual practices. Ritualisation, in the ISKCON context, is astrategy that facilitates the internalisation of ISKCON’s central values andworldviews. This is made possible through the entrant’s initial exposure to its rituals,his/her search for the meaning behind these rituals, gradual acceptance of ISKCON’s5schemes of ritualisation, and, over the long-term, acquisition of ritual mastery. From asociological perspective, entry into ISKCON is a three-staged process involvingseparation, transition, and incorporation. The stage of separation is a phase ofaccepting sets of oppositions concerned with polarities of purity and pollution, causingalienation from previous social circles and encouraging group-integration withinISKCON. The transitional stage is characterized by the internalisation of beliefs,worldviews and values. The stage of incorporation is marked by successive stages ofseekership (searching for, and finding, meaning using ISKCON frameworks) andcommitment (not just to ISKCON’s values and ritual practices, but also to itsmissionary agenda). To determine how ritual practice constructs power relationshipsand creates boundaries for the development of active agency and passivity, I look atfour dimensions of ritualisation. These are (following Bell): (1) the effects of ritualpractice on socialisation and vice versa; (2) the role of ritual specialists; (3) the formsof misrecognition and blindness resulting from ritual practice; and (4) the influence ofritualisation on the agency of entrants.My work demonstrates that “conversion” in the ISKCON context is marked bythree crucial features. First, it is a process of gradual “drifting” into ISKCON’s fold,not a sudden change. Second, conversion to ISKCON’s belief system is facilitated bythe adoption of the ritual practices central to ISKCON. Hence belief and practice areclosely intertwined in the conversion process, with ritual practice serving, in mostcases, as the entry point. And finally, my work demonstrates that this “conversion”does not entail a radical break with previously held religious beliefs and values.Instead, “converts” to ISKCON continue to profess their former faith, but now filterthis through the lens of ISKCON’s Vaishnava devotionalism." @default.
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• W2570541714 date "2016-06-30" @default.
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• W2570541714 title "Conversion and ritualisation : an analysis of how westerners enter the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and assimilate its values and practices" @default.
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