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The Hugging Guru: Amma and Transnationalism
The Hugging Guru: Amma and Transnationalism
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Nov 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this interview conducted at the 2018 EASR conference in Bern, Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger speaks to Sammy Bishop about Amma, a guru who has become world famous for her healing hugs - apparently giving more than 33 million hugs over the past 30 years. They discuss the ways in which different audiences can interpret Amma's message, and how she reconnects Hindus in diaspora with their traditions.
Released:
Nov 12, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Lived Religion: Part 2: In Part 2 of this week's interview, Meredith McGuire continues to speak to Martin about the multiple issues of power, normativity and embodiment of religious life that can be observed through her concept of Lived Religion. by The Religious Studies Project