1st Edition

Attending Krishna's Image Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth

By Kenneth Russell Valpey Copyright 2006
240 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

There is a steady and growing scholarly, as well as popular interest in Hindu religion – especially devotional ( bhakti ) traditions as forms of spiritual practice and expressions of divine embodiment. Associated with this is the attention to sacred images and their worship. Attending Krishna's Image extends the discussion on Indian images and their worship, bringing historical and... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Embodied Truth  1.Texts As Context: Core Textual Sources and Patterns for Caitanya Vaisnava Image Worship  2. Temple As Context: The Radharamana Temple as Embodied Community  Part 2: Missionizing Truth  3. Krishna’s New Look: A Worship Tradition Faces West  4. Migrant Texts, Migrant Images: Resettling Krishna in the West  Part 3: Images of Religious Truth

Biography

Kenneth Russell Valpey is currently a post-doctoral research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and an associate lecturer of the University of Wales, Lampeter (Open Learning Theology and Religious Studies Programme). He has studied, practiced, and taught the murti-seva tradition of Chaitanya Vaishnavism since 1972.