Graceful women : gender and identity in an American Sikh community / Constance Waeber Elsberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elsberg, Constance Waeber, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healthy Happy Holy Organization.

Religious life--Sikhism.

Religious life.

Physical Description:

xxi, 380 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2003]

Contents:

Setting the Scene XIII

Chapter 1 Roots and Sources: Sikhism and Tantra 25

Voices: Drawing on the Sikh and Tantric Traditions 54

Chapter 2 Clearing a Path, Building Bridges 55

Voices: Attending Workshops 91

Part II Gender

Voices: Khalsa Women's Training Camp 1: Selections from Journal and Memory 95

Chapter 3 Gender Constructions: "The Grace of God" 97

Voices: Khalsa Women's Training Camp 2: Edited Journal Entries 137

Part III Beginnings

Chapter 4 Affiliation 143

Voices: The Washington Ashram: Beginnings 167

Chapter 5 "Going through Changes": Interpreting and Adapting the Teachings 168

Voices: Interviews: Journal and Memories 201

Part IV Collective Identity and Identity Struggles

Chapter 6 Identity and Charisma: A "Shadow Side" 207

Voices: On Light and Dark 241

Chapter 7 "Keeping Up" and Letting Go: Identity Struggles and Disaffiliation 244

Voices: Making Meaning 284

Part V Maturity

Chapter 8 Re-visioning 289

Voices: Scenes from a Workshop 317

Chapter 9 Final Thoughts 319

Appendix A Brief Biography of Yogi Bhajan 344.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-367) and index.

ISBN:

157233214X

OCLC:

50669179