A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorPorcu, Elisabetta
dc.contributor.authorBishop, James
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-02T08:39:04Z
dc.date.available2023-03-02T08:39:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2023-02-20T12:18:10Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) movement in South Africa. I employ qualitative analysis and use David Chidester's theory of symbolic exchange to analyze contestations over symbols between ISKCON devotees and proponents of competing perspectives in the contemporary South African context. I analyze the “battlefield” of symbol contestation and its many participants who wish to “own” sacred symbols, alienate others from this ownership, and how symbols are appropriated to serve specific “interests”. Evaluating discourses and contestations over symbols clarify central tenets in the ISKCON movement's worldview, what the religion seeks to communicate, to whom it communicates, the strategies it employs, and its interests that are served.
dc.identifier.apacitationBishop, J. (2022). <i>A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBishop, James. <i>"A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBishop, J. 2022. A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Bishop, James AB - This thesis explores the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) movement in South Africa. I employ qualitative analysis and use David Chidester's theory of symbolic exchange to analyze contestations over symbols between ISKCON devotees and proponents of competing perspectives in the contemporary South African context. I analyze the “battlefield” of symbol contestation and its many participants who wish to “own” sacred symbols, alienate others from this ownership, and how symbols are appropriated to serve specific “interests”. Evaluating discourses and contestations over symbols clarify central tenets in the ISKCON movement's worldview, what the religion seeks to communicate, to whom it communicates, the strategies it employs, and its interests that are served. DA - 2022_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Religious Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2022 T1 - A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa TI - A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBishop J. A Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2022 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37115en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectReligious Studies
dc.titleA Qualitative Analysis of the ISKCON Movement in South Africa
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMA
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