Multiculturalism and Minority Religions in Britain

Krishna Consciousness, Religious Freedom and the Politics of Location

Malory Nye author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:9th Jun '15

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A detailed case study of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Britain. The book studies the particular development of a new religious movement within the context of Britain, and issues relating to minority religions' place within a multicultural but still hegemonically Christian society.

'A detailed and well written book deserves to be widely read. This timely and well-told story should be in every University library and would enliven any graduate or senior undergraduate course on Hinduism.' - Hindu-Christian Studies

'A book which is valuable particularly on account of the care with which solid ethnographic and legal material has been assembled' - Ethnic and Racial Studies


'A detailed and well written book deserves to be widely read. This timely and well-told story should be in every University library and would enliven any graduate or senior undergraduate course on Hinduism.' - Hindu-Christian Studies

'A book which is valuable particularly on account of the care with which solid ethnographic and legal material has been assembled' - Ethnic and Racial Studies

'This book crosses a number of disciplines and it is therefore possible to recommned it to students of anthropology, religion and the social and political sciences. It is written in a clear style that should also make it accessible to the interested general reader.' - Reviews in Religion and Theology

'Malory Nye provides an empirically detailed and theoretically engaging account of a lengthy and complex dispute over the status, use and significance of a place of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Conciousness) worship' - Ethnos

ISBN: 9781138862531

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 498g

344 pages