Lifelong commitment to ascetic life and orders: Hindu women renunciants in India
Based on the survey of 3,699 Hindu women renunciants across six Hindu-based orders/faith-based organisations in India that encourage women’s renunciation and lifelong commitment to religious life and ascetism, this paper maps their profile, religiosity, spirituality, reasons for joining the order, f...
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Cogent Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2017.1293469 |