The Brahma Kumaris as a Reflexive Tradition Motilal Banarsidass Foreword Dr Hoffman has at

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* The Mahanirvana Tantra is not the only Tantra "attributed to Siva

Thus the validity of knowledge is made to rest on the validity of the methods of knowledge

The Brahma Kumaris as a Reflexive Tradition Motilal Banarsidass Foreword Dr Hoffman has atHardbound Edition (131 Pgs.) About The Book: The aim of this book is to examine the status of tradition in the contemporary world, through a critical engagement with the recent social theory of Anthony Giddens on the emergence of a 'post traditional society' using as a case study, the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organisation, a millenarian South Asian New Religious Movement, aims to examine the ways in which forms of tradition not only persist but