Vayshnavizm V Rossii

Vayshnavy (krishnaity) vyzyvayut u mnogikh nedoumenie svoimekzoticheskim vneshnim vidom: indiyskie natsional'nyeodezhdy, britye golovy s nebol'shimi khvostikami (shitkhami),gromko poyut na ulitsakh gorodov Khari Krishna podakkompanement indiyskikh muzykal'nykh instrumentov. Mnogiesprashivayut sebya: chto dvigaet lyud'mi zapadnoy kul'tury,vstupayushchimi v podobnye religioznye organizatsii? V dannomissledovanii predprinyata popytka ne tol'ko otvetit' naetot vopros, no i ponyat' prichiny vozniknoveniya vayshnavizma vRossii, protsessy izmenchivosti iznachal'no vostochnoy religii vinokul'turnom areale sushchestvovaniya, dal'neyshietendentsii razvitiya rossiyskogo vayshnavizma. Issledovanie budet interesno spetsialistam-religiovedam i vseminteresuyushchimsya vostochnymi religiyami i noveyshimireligioznymi dvizheniyami.