About the Book: Religion and Gurus in Traditional and Modern India
"Religion and Gurus in traditional and Modern India" is a consolidation of a
series of publications and essays in the area of sociologoical apparaisal of
religion, syncretism and modern gurus and godmen in India over period of last
few decades. It is unfortunate that under the influence of western and
particularly established branch of American sociology, with its exclusive focus
on the structural-functional approach for a long time historical and analytical
studies have almost withered away from Indian sociology. Ours is a humble
attempt in this direction to revive this earlier thrust of enquiry in
sociological