Bibliography of Prem Rawat and related organizations
Bibliography of Prem Rawat and related organizations lists bibliographical material regarding Prem Rawat and organizations like Divine Light Mission,[1] Elan Vital and The Prem Rawat Foundation.
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- Except in verbatim quotations (of titles etc.) Prem Rawat is always listed under that name in the columns below, whatever the dominant alternative name (Guru Maharaj Ji, Maharaji,...) at the time of the publication.
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Author(s) | Date | Type | Title | Published in/by | Place | Other specifics |
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Rawat, Prem | 1970-11-08 | Public address | Peace Bomb satsang | And It Is Divine (transcript: 1972) The Golden Age (transcript: 1978) |
India, Delhi (in Hindi) U.S. (1972) Australia (1978) |
[2][3][4][5] |
1970-11-09 | Article (newspaper) | Hindustan Times | India | [6] | ||
1970-11-10 | Article (newspaper) | Navbharat Times | India (in Hindi) | [7] | ||
1970 | Book (part) | Guinness Book of World Records | Sterling Publishing | U.S. | [8] | |
1971-06-17 | Article (newspaper) | Hallelujah! The mini Guru, aged 13, cometh | Evening Standard | UK, London | [9] | |
1971-06-18 | Article (newspaper) | Worshippers greet the boy guru 'straight from Heaven' | Daily Mirror | UK, London | p. 12[10] | |
Rawat, Prem | 1971-06 | Public address | Glastonbury Festival address | Glastonbury Fayre (footage: 1972) | UK, Glastonbury UK (footage) |
[11][12][13][14] |
1971-08-02 | Article (magazine) | Boy Guru | Newsweek | U.S. | p. 72[15] | |
Allen, Henry | 1971-09-14 | Article (newspaper) | Pretty Far-Out Little Dude | The Washington Post | U.S., Washington, D.C. | p. B1[16] |
Rawat, Prem | 1971-09-17 | Public address | Colorado Satsang | Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji? (transcript: 1973) | U.S., Colorado | [17] |
1970s | Magazine | Divine Times | Divine Light Mission | U.S. | [18] | |
1970s(–) | Periodical | The Divine Times | Divine Light Mission | UK | [19][20] | |
Rawat, Prem | 1972 | Book | Reflections on an Indian Sunrise | Divine Light Mission | [21][22] | |
Ashokanand (mahatma) Sandoz, Jaques (directors) |
1972 | Film (documentary) | Satguru Has Come | Shri Hans Films | [4][23] | |
1972-10-23 | Article (newspaper) | Pilgrims jet to see Divine Light | The Times | UK, London | p. 12[20] | |
1972-11-09 | Article (newspaper) | Guru's 'Bank' Seized | Los Angeles Times (Reuters) | U.S., Los Angeles | p. A15[24] | |
1972-11-19 | Article (newspaper) | India investigates guru's finances | The Times (AP) | UK, London | p. 8[25] | |
1972-11-27 | Article (magazine) | Junior Guru | TIME | U.S. | [26] | |
Daniel, Leon | 1972-12-10 | Article (newspaper) | 15-Year-Old Hottest Star of Guru Circuit | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. C8[27] |
1970s | Magazine | And It Is Divine | Shri Hans Productions Divine Light Mission |
U.S. | [28] | |
Blue Aquarius (Bhole Ji et al.) |
1973 | Album (music) | Blue Aquarius | Stax: Gospel Truth Series | U.S. | GTS-2725[29] |
1973-02-03 | Article (newspaper) | Guru's Pupil Slates Talk | Syracuse Post-Standard | U.S. | p. 3[30] | |
Rawat, Prem | 1973-04-01 | Article (magazine) Film |
DUO proclamation and satsang | Divine Times Vol. II No. 6 by Shri Hans Productions (DLM) (film:) Shri Hans Films |
U.S., Denver, Colorado | [31] |
1973-08– 1973-09 |
Magazine | Divine Light News | Divine Light Mission | Australia | Vol. I, Nos. 1-3[32] | |
1973-08-08 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Gets Testimonial And Some Pie in Face | The New York Times | U.S., New York | p. 43[33] | |
1973-08-08 | Article (newspaper) | 15-Year Old Guru Slapped in Face by Shaving Cream Pie | Los Angeles Times (UPI) | U.S., Los Angeles | p. 2[34] | |
1973-08-08 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Set For Honor, Gets Pie In Face | Independent Press-Telegram (UPI) |
U.S., Long Beach, California | p. A-6[35] | |
1973-09-03 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Maharaj Ji: Ulcer | The Washington Post | U.S., Washington, D.C. | p. B7[36] | |
1973-09-04 | Article (newspaper) | The 'Perfect Master' from India has an ulcer | Stars and Stripes (AP) | U.S. | p. 6[37] | |
Carter, Malcolm N. | 1973-09-23 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Keeps Track Of Subjects With Computer | Great Bend Tribune (AP) | U.S., Kansas | p. 11[38] |
Milner, Bart | 1973-09-23 | Article (newspaper) | Casting some shadows on the movement of Divine Light | The Times | UK, London | [39] |
1973 | Film | Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji | Shri Hans Productions | U.S. | [40] | |
Davis, Rennie Rawat, Prem et al. |
1973-11 | Book | Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji? | Bantam Books | U.S. | [23] |
Rawat, Prem Griffin, Merv |
1973-11-28 | TV show (interview) | The Merv Griffin Show | U.S. | [41] | |
Morgan, Ted | 1973-12-09 | Article | Oz in the Astrodome: Middle-class premies find Guru | The New York Times Magazine | U.S., New York | Section 6, pp. 37–39, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 104[42] |
Du Plessix Gray, Francine Kelley, Ken |
1973-12-13 | Article (magazine) | Blissing out in Houston (du Plessix Gray) Blackjack Love (Kelley) |
The New York Review of Books Vol. 20 No. 20 | U.S., New York | pp. 36–43[43] |
Winder, Gail Horowitz, Carol |
1973-12 | Article (magazine) | What's Behind the 15-Year-Old Guru Maharaj Ji? | The Realist No. 97-C | U.S., San Francisco, California | pp. 1–5[44] |
Latimer, Dean | 1974-01 | Article (magazine) | Who is Guru Maharaj Ji and why is he saying all these terrible things about God? | Penthouse Vol. 5 No. 5 | U.S. | pp. 65–66[45] |
Kelley, Ken | 1974-01-19 | Article (newspaper) | Get Your Red-Hot Panaceas! | The New York Times | U.S., New York | p. 31[46] |
Du Plessix Gray, Francine Kelley, Ken Apter, Joan et al. |
1974-01-24 | Article (magazine) | Knowledge of the Guru, replies to Joan Apter and to Nicholas B. Dirks, Charles R. D. Lindley, Leela A. Wood | The New York Review of Books Vol. 20 Nos. 21 & 22 | U.S., New York | [47] |
Kelley, Ken | 1974-02 | Article (magazine) | Over the hill at 16 | Ramparts No. 12 | U.S. | pp. 40–44[48] |
Goldsmith, Paul Traum, Artie |
1974-02 | Article (magazine) | Bliss and Bones in the Astrodome | Crawdaddy | U.S. | pp. 62–65[49] |
Adler, Dick | 1974-02-23 | Article (newspaper) | TV Review: Videotape Explorers on Trail of a Guru | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. B2[50] |
Shamberg, Michael (dir.) Rawat, Prem Davis, Rennie et al. |
1974-02-24 | Film (documentary) | Lord of the Universe | Top Value Television | U.S. | [51] |
O'Connor, John J. | 1974-02-25 | Article (newspaper) | TV: Meditating on Young Guru and His Followers: Maharaj Ji Is Focus of P.B.S. Documentary: Astrodome Gathering Yields Splendid Show | The New York Times | U.S., New York | p. 53[52] |
Kelley, Ken | 1974-03 | Article (magazine) | An East Indian Teen-Ager Says He Is God | Vogue | U.S. | [53] |
Elman, Richard | 1974-03 | Article (magazine) | Godhead Hi-Jinx: Starring the Guru Maharaj Ji | Creem | U.S. | p. 37-39[12] |
1974-03– 1979-10 |
Magazine | The Golden Age | Divine Light Mission Duo Productions |
Australia | Vol. 1-55[54] | |
Levine, Richard | 1974-03-14 | Article (magazine) | When The Lord of All The Universe Played Houston: Many are called but few show up | Rolling Stone No. 156 | U.S. | pp. 36–50[55] |
Gortner, Marjoe | 1974-05 | Article (magazine) | Who Was Guru Maharaj Ji? Just think of him as a spare tire | Oui | U.S. | pp. 90–133[56] |
Scheer, Robert | 1974-06 | Article (magazine) | Death of the Salesman: for rennie davis (model high school student, antiwar spokesman and chief proselytizer for guru maharaj ji) the media always meant the message | Playboy | U.S. | pp. 107–108, 112, 236, 238-240[57] |
Kelley, Ken | 1974-07 | Article (magazine) | I See The Light: In which a young journalist pushes a cream pie into the face of His Divine Fatness and gets his skull cracked open by two disciples | Penthouse | U.S. | pp. 98–100, 137-138, 146, 148, 150-151[58] |
Baxter, Ernie | 1974-08 | Article (magazine) | The multi-million dollar religion ripoff | Argosy No. 380 | U.S. | pp. 72, 77-81[59] |
Dart, John | 1974-11-27 | Article (newspaper) | Maharaj Ji Buys $400,000 Home Base in Malibu Area | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. B2[60] |
1974 | Entry in encyclopedic resource | Current Biography Yearbook: 1974, entry: "Maharaj Ji, Guru" | H. W. Wilson Company | U.S. | p. 254 ff.[61] | |
Frazier, Deborah | 1975-03-23 | Article (newspaper) | Growing Pile of Unpaid Bills Beneath Guru's Spiritual Bliss | Sunday Journal and Star (UPI) | U.S., Lincoln, Nebraska | p. 11A[62] |
1975-03-24 | Article (newspaper) | Riches Called Goal of Divine Light | Winnipeg Free Press (CP) | U.S. | [63] | |
1975-04-01 | Article (newspaper) | Mother Ousts Young Guru as Playboy | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. 2[64] | |
Belkind, Myron L. | 1975-04-02 | Article (newspaper) | Guru's mother rejects him as religion chief | Independent Press-Telegram (AP) |
U.S., Long Beach | p. 9[65] |
1975-04-09 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Tries to Take Control of Mission | Ruston Daily Leader | U.S. | [66] | |
1975-04-18 | Article (newspaper) | Court Halts Heiress' Money Gift To Guru | Charleston Daily Mail (API) | U.S. | [67] | |
Frazier, Deborah | 1975-07-14 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Maharaj Ji: Pizza, Sports Cars and Millions of Followers | Mansfield News Journal (UPI) | U.S. | [68] |
Rawat, Prem et al. |
1975 | Book | The Sayings of Guru Maharaj Ji | Divine United Organization Shri Sant Yogashram, Hans Marg |
India, New Delhi | Several volumes[69] |
1976-02-20 | Article (newspaper) | Maharaj Ji Wins Fight For Mission | The Washington Post | U.S., Washington, D.C. | p. C7 | |
Cornell, George W. | 1976-03-05 | Article (newspaper) | Group Led by Teen Guru Toning Down Eastern Style | Albuquerque Journal | U.S. | [71] |
1976-03-06 | Article (newspaper) | Spiritual group's claims, practices are changing | Evening Capital (AP) | U.S. | [72] | |
Brown, Mick | 1976-04-17 | Article (magazine) | Perfect Master and unholy squabbles: The Guru comes of age | Street Life | UK | pp. 18–19[13] |
Mishler, Bob Frazier, Deborah (UPI: interviewer) |
1976-05 | Interview (magazine) | Part of the mainstream | The Golden Age No. 29 | Australia | p. 8 ff.[73] |
Thurmond, Strom (U.S. Congress senator) | 1976-07-20 | US Congressional Record | Prem Rawat's Inspirational Message to the United States Citizen's Congress | US Congress | U.S., Washington, D.C. | [74] |
Messer, Jeanne | 1976 | Essay in book | Guru Maharaj Ji and the Divine Light Mission | The New Religious Consciousness by Charles Y. Glock and Robert N. Bellah (eds.), University of California Press | U.S., Berkeley, California | pp. 52–72[75][76] |
1977–1980s | Magazine (quarterly) | Élan Vital | Divine Light Mission | U.S. | ISSN 0195-2145[77] | |
1977-10-19 | Article (newspaper) | Guru Maharaj Ji becomes a citizen of the U.S. | Rocky Mountain News | U.S., Denver, Colorado | [78] | |
Como, Don (dir.) Donovan (music) Davis, Rennie Rawat, Prem et al. |
1977 | Film (part) | Aliens from Spaceship Earth | U.S. | [79] | |
Stoner, Carroll Parke, Jo Anne |
1977 | Book (part) | All Gods Children: The Cult Experience - Salvation Or Slavery? | Chilton | U.S. | ISBN 0-8019-6620-5[80] |
Foss, Daniel A. Larkin, Ralph W. |
1978 | Essay in periodical | Worshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj Ji | Sociological Analysis Vol. 39 No. 2 by Association for the Sociology of Religion | U.S. | doi:10.2307/3710215, pp. 157-164[81] |
Rawat, Prem | 1978 | Book | The Living Master: quotes from Guru Maharaj Ji | Divine Light Mission | U.S., Denver | [22][82] |
Collier, Sophia | 1978 | Book (autobiography) | Soul Rush: The Odyssey of a Young Woman of the '70s | William Morrow & Co. | U.S., New York | ISBN 0-688-03276-1[83] |
Pilarzyk, Thomas | 1978 | Essay in periodical | The Origin, Development, and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion: An Application of Sectarianization Theory | Review of Religious Research Vol. 20 No. 1 by Religious Research Association | U.S. | pp. 23–43[84] |
1978 2001 |
Book (part) | Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains Army Pamphlet 165-13 |
U.S. Department of the Army Kirchner Associates (2001:) The Minerva Group |
U.S. | (2001:) ISBN 0-89875-607-3 p. II-5 ff.[1] | |
Forster, Mark | 1979-01-12 | Article (newspaper) | Firm Loyalty: Guru's Sect: Misgivings in Malibu Malibu Guru Maintains Following Despite Rising Mistrust of Cults |
Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. A1, 3,...[85] |
Mishler, Bob Tesler, Gary et al. |
1979-02-12 | Interview (radio) | Bob Mishler Radio Interview | KOA radio station | U.S., Denver, Colorado | [86][87] |
Downton, James V., Jr. | 1979-07 | Book (monography) | Sacred journeys: The conversion of young Americans to Divine Light Mission | Columbia University Press | U.S., Columbia | ISBN 0-231-04198-5[88] |
Kemeny, Jim | 1979 | Essay in periodical | Comment: On Foss, Daniel A. and Ralph W. Larkin. 1978. "Worshiping the Absurd: The Negation of Social Causality among the Followers of Guru Maharaj Ji." Sociological Analysis 39, 2: 157-164 | Sociological Analysis Vol. 40 No. 3 by Association for the Sociology of Religion | U.S. | pp. 262–264[89] |
Nelson, G. K. | 1979 | Essay in periodical | A Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978) | Review of Religious Research Vol. 21 No. 1 | U.S. | pp. 108–109[90] |
Pilarzyk, Thomas | 1979 | Essay in periodical | The Cultic Resilience of the Divine Light Mission: A Reply to Nelson | Review of Religious Research Vol. 21 No. 1 | U.S. | pp. 109–112[91] |
Price, Maeve | 1979 | Essay in periodical | The Divine Light Mission as a social organization | The Sociological Review Vol. 27 | UK, Keele, Staffordshire | pp. 279–296[92] |
Galanter, Marc Buckley, P. |
1979 | Essay in periodical | Mystical Experience, spiritual knowledge, and a contemporary ecstatic religion | British Journal of Medical Psychology No. 52 | UK | pp. 281– 289[93] |
Davis, Ivor | 1979-12-19 | Article (newspaper) | Malibu opposes plan to build heliport for Divine Light guru | The Times | UK, London | p. 12[94] |
Rawat, Prem | 1980 | Book | Light Reading | Divine Light Mission | U.S., Miami Beach | [22][95] |
Rudin, James A. Rudin, Marcia R. |
1980-06 | Book (part) | Prison or Paradise?: The New Religious Cults | Fortress Press | U.S., Philadelphia | ISBN 0-8006-0637-X p.63-65[96] |
Robbins, Thomas Anthony, Dick |
1980 | Essay in periodical | The Limits of 'Coercive Persuasion' as an Explanation for Conversion to Authoritarian Sects | Political Psychology Vol. 2 No. 2 by International Society of Political Psychology | U.S., New York | pp. 22–37[97] |
Stones, C. R. Philbrick, J. I. |
1980 | Essay in periodical | Purpose in Life in South Africa: A Comparison of American and South African Beliefs | Psychological Reports Vol. 47 | South Africa | pp. 739–42[98] |
Aagaard, Johannes | 1980 | Article (periodical) | Who Is Who In Guruism? | Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements Vol. IV No. 3 by Dialogcentret | Denmark | [99] |
Kriegman, Daniel | 1980 | Book (part) | A Psycho-social Study of Religious Cults From the Perspective of Self Psychology, Appendix A: "The Guru Mahara Ji Group: An experiential description: the journey to God" | Boston University | U.S. | Doctoral dissertation pp. 164–188 references: pp. 218–220 [100] |
Downton, James V., Jr. | 1980-12 | Essay in periodical | An Evolutionary Theory of Spiritual Conversion and Commitment: The Case of Divine Light Mission | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 19 No. 4 | U.S. UK |
ISSN 0021-8294 pp. 381–396[101] |
Lammers, Jos | 1981-02-14 | Article (magazine) | Het concern van Guru Maharaj ji: Vijf jaar zakenman in dienst van de verlichting | Haagse Post Vol. 68 No. 7 (in Dutch) | Netherlands, The Hague | pp. 48–53[102] |
1981-05-22 | Article (newspaper) | 1-Year Trial OKd for Sect's Helipad | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. F6[103] | |
Godfrey (justice) | 1981-10-19 | Court decision | Dotter v. Maine Employment Sec. Commission | Supreme Judicial Court of Maine | U.S., Maine | Case 435 A.2d 1368[104] |
McGuire, Meredith B. | 1981 20025 |
Book (part) | Religion: the Social Context Ch. 5 "The Dynamics of Religious Collectivities", section "How Religious Collectivities Develop and Change", sub-section "Organizational Transformations" | Wadsworth | U.S. | ISBN 0-534-00951-4 5ISBN 0-534-54126-7 p. 175[105] |
Robbins, Thomas Anthony, Dick |
1982-02 | Essay in periodical | Deprogramming, Brainwashing and the Medicalization of Deviant Religious Groups | Social Problems Vol. 29 No. 3. by Society for the Study of Social Problems University of California Press |
U.S. | pp. 283-297[106] |
Brown, Chip | 1982-02-15 | Article (newspaper) | Parents Versus Cult: Frustration, Kidnaping, Tears; A Question of Will: Law-Abiding Couple ... Who Became Kidnapers to Rescue Daughter from Her Guru | The Washington Post | U.S., Washington, D.C. | p. A1[87] |
Schwartz, Lita Linzer Kaslow, Florence W. |
1982-06-07 | Essay in periodical | The Cult Phenomenon: Historical, Sociological, and Familial Factors Contributing to Their Development and Appeal | Marriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4 Haworth Press |
U.S. | ISSN 0149-4929 pp. 3–30[107] |
Robbins, Thomas Anthony, Dick |
1982-06-07 | Essay in periodical | Cults, Culture, and Community | Marriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4 Haworth Press |
U.S. | ISSN 0149-4929 pp. 57–79[108] |
Ottenberg, Donald J. | 1982-06-07 | Essay in periodical | Therapeutic Community and the Danger of the Cult Phenomenon | Marriage & Family Review Volume 4 Issue 3-4 Haworth Press |
U.S. | ISSN 0149-4929 pp. 151–173[109] |
Kranenborg, Reender | 1982 | Book (part) | Oosterse Geloofsbewegingen in het Westen | Netherlands (in Dutch) | ISBN 90-210-4965-1[5] | |
Schnabel, Paul | 1982 (2007) |
Book (part) | Tussen stigma en charisma: nieuwe religieuze bewegingen en geestelijke volksgezondheid | Van Loghum Slaterus Digital library for Dutch literature |
Netherlands (in Dutch) |
ISBN 90-6001-746-3, p. 32, p. 53, p. 99, 101-102, p. 142[110] |
1983-10-06 | Article (periodical) | Whatever Happened to Guru Maharaj Ji? | Hinduism Today by Himalayan Academy | U.S. | ISSN 0896-0801[111] | |
Lans, Jan M. van der Derks, Frans |
1984 | Essay in book | Subgroups in Divine Light Mission Membership: A Comment on Downton | Of Gods and Men: New Religious Movements in the West by Eileen Barker, ed. Mercer University Press |
U.S., Macon, GA | ISBN 0-86554-095-0 pp. 303-308[112] |
Chagnon, Roland | 1985-01 | Book (part) | Trois nouvelles religions de la lumière et du son: la Science de la spiritualité, Eckankar, la Mission de la lumière divine | Paulines Médiaspaul (in French) |
Canada, Montréal France, Paris |
ISBN 2-89039-985-0[113][114] |
Kriegman, Daniel Solomon, L. |
1985-04 | Essay in periodical | Cult groups and the narcissistic personality: The offer to heal defects in the self | International Journal of Group Psychotherapy Vol. 35 No. 2 | U.S. | pp. 239–261[115] |
Pasternak, Judy | 1985-07-07 | Article (newspaper) | Maharaji Denied in Bid to Triple Copter Use | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. 1[116] |
Melton, J. Gordon | 1986rev | Entry in encyclopedic resource | Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in America, entry: "Divine Light Mission" | Garland | U.S., New York UK, London |
ISBN 0-8240-9036-5, pp. 141–145[22] |
Lans, Jan M. van der Derks, Frans |
1986-06-14 | Essay in periodical | Premies Versus Sannyasins | Update: A Quarterly Journal on New Religious Movements Vol. X No. 2 by Dialogcentret | Denmark | [117] |
DuPertuis, Lucy | 1986 | Essay in periodical | How People Recognize Charisma: The Case of Darshan in Radhasoami and Divine Light Mission[dead link] | Sociological Analysis: A Journal in the Sociology of Religion Vol. 47 No. 2 by Association for the Sociology of Religion | U.S., Chicago | ISSN 0038-0210 pp. 111-124[118] |
Sharma, Arvind | 1986 | Essay in book | New Hindu Religious Movements in India | New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change by James A. Beckford Unesco/Sage Publications |
UK, London | ISBN 0-8039-8003-5, p. 224[119] |
Galanter, Marc | 1989-05-04 19992 |
Book (part) | Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion | Oxford University Press | U.S. | ISBN 0-19-505631-0 2ISBN 0-19-512369-7 2ISBN 0-19-512370-0 [120][121] |
Tucker, Ruth A. | 1989 1991 2004 |
Book (part) | Another Gospel: alternative religions and the new age movement (1989) Strange Gospels: a comprehensive survey of cults, alternative religions and the New Age movement (1991) Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement (2004) |
Academie Books (1989) Zondervan (1989, 2004) Marshall Pickering, Harpercollins (1991) |
U.S. (1989, 2004) UK (1991) |
ISBN 0-310-40440-1 (1989) ISBN 0-551-02277-9 (1991) ISBN 0-310-25937-1 (2004) p. 320, p. 364-365[122] |
Björkqvist, Kaj | 1990 | Essay | World-rejection, world-affirmation, and goal displacement: some aspects of change in three new religious movements of Hindu origin | Encounter with India: Studies in Neohinduism[permanent dead link] (Nils G. Holm, ed.) Åbo Akademi |
Finland | ISBN 951-649-731-4, pp. 79-99[123] |
McIlwain, Doris J. F. | 1990 (2006-06) |
Book (part) | Impatient for paradise: a rites of passage model of the role of the psychological predispositions in determining differential openness to involvement in new religious movements | University of Sydney Sydney eScholarship Repository |
Australia, Sydney | PhD Doctorate[124] |
Melton, J. Gordon | 1991 (1999-032) (2008) |
Entry in encyclopedic resource | Religious Leaders of America, entry: "Guru Maharaj Ji" | Gale; 2Gale Group (2008:) Biography Resource Center |
U.S., Michigan | pp. 285–286. 2ISBN 0-8103-8878-2[125] |
Juergensmeyer, Mark | 1991 1996 |
Book (part) | Radhasoami Reality: The Logic of a Modern Faith | Princeton University Press | U.S. | ISBN 0-691-07378-3 ISBN 0-691-01092-7 pp. 206–207[126] |
Mangalwadi, Vishal Hoeksema, Kurt |
19922 | Book (part) | The world of gurus: a critical look at the philosophies of India’s influential gurus and mystics. | Cornerstone Press | U.S., Chicago | ISBN 0-940895-03-X (revised edition), pp. 137–138[127] |
Melton, J. Gordon (Project Director) Lewis, James R. et al. |
1993 | Book (part) | Religious Requirements and Practices of Certain Selected Groups: A Handbook for Chaplains | The Institute for the Study of American Religion | U.S. | chapter on Sikh/Sant Mat Groups, section: Elan Vital[128] |
Barbour, John D. | 1994 | Book (part) | Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of Faith | University of Virginia Press | U.S. | ISBN 0-8139-1546-5 p. 170 ff.[129] |
Gest, Alain et al. |
1995-12-22 | Report (government) | N° 2468: Rapport Fait au nom de la commission d'enquête sur les sectes, Ch. I.B: "Un phénomène difficile à mesurer" | National Assembly, Parliamentary Commission on Cults (1995) (in French) | France | p. 14 ff. [130] |
Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) 5Shepard, Leslie (ed.) |
19964 (2000-115) (2008) |
Entry in encyclopedic resource | Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, entry: "Maharaj Ji, Guru" | Gale; 5Thomson Gale (2008:) Biography Resource Center |
U.S. | 4p. 803 5ISBN 0-8103-8570-8[131] |
Winter, Mark et al |
1996-07-17 | Magazine (special edition) | The Divine Times: Special Edition 17 July 1996 | [132] | ||
Scheer, Robert | 1997-04-01 | Article (newspaper) | How I Was Stood Up by the Venusians: Even a brief encounter with a cult's absurdity reveals its power to attract | Los Angeles Times | U.S., Los Angeles | p. 7[133] |
Brauns, John et al. |
1997– | Web site | Ex-Premie.org | [134][135][136][137][138][139][140][141] | ||
Jones, Rebecca | 1998-01-30 | Article (newspaper) | Former Guru on a Different Mission | Rocky Mountain News | U.S., Denver, Colorado | [134] |
Lewis, James R. | 1998-11-01 22005 |
Entry in encyclopedic resource | Cults 1[in America]: A Reference Handbook, entries "Elan Vital (Divine Light Mission)" and "Maharaji (b. 1957)" | ABC-Clio, Contemporary World Issues series | U.S. | ISBN 1-57607-031-X 2ISBN 1-85109-618-3 pp. 84-85, 121-122, 286-287, 307-308[142] |
Richardson, James T. | 1998 | Entry in encyclopedic resource | Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (William H. Swatos, Jr., ed.), entry: "Divine Light Mission" | AltaMira Press Sage publications |
U.S. UK India |
ISBN 0-7619-8956-0, p. 141[143] |
Melton, J. Gordon | 1999 | Essay | Brainwashing and the Cults: The Rise and Fall of a Theory in forthcoming The Brainwashing Controversy: An Anthology of Essential Documents | CESNUR | Italy | [144] |
Abgrall, Jean-Marie | 2000 | Book (part) | Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults | U.S., New York | Algora Publishing | ISBN 1-892941-04-X p. 285[145] |
Rhodes, Ron | 2001 | Book (part) | The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions: The Essential Guide to Their History, Their Doctrine, and Our Response | Zondervan | U.S. | ISBN 0-310-23217-1 pp. 32, 170[146] |
Barrett, David V. | 2001 2003-05 |
Book (part) | The New Believers: Sects, 'Cults' and Alternative Religions | Cassell | UK | ISBN 0-304-35592-5 ISBN 1-84403-040-7 p. 65; Part Two: Alternative Religions & Other Groups, Ch. 14: Eastern Movements in the West, Elan Vital, p. 325-329[147] |
Kent, Stephen A. | 2001-10 | Book (part) | From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era | Syracuse University Press | U.S. | ISBN 0-8156-2923-0 ISBN 0-8156-2948-6[148] |
Hassan, Steve et al. |
2001– | Web page | Elan Vital | Steven Alan Hassan's Freedom of Mind Center | U.S. | [135] |
Macgregor, John | 2002-08-31 | Article (magazine) | Blinded by the Light | Good Weekend | Australia, Sydney | pp. 38–42[136] |
Geaves, Ron | 2002 2004-03 |
Essay | From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: an Exploration of Change and Adaptation | 2002 International Conference on Minority Religions, Social Change and Freedom of Conscience at University of Utah (2004:) Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions Vol. 7 No. 3 |
U.S., Salt Lake City (2004:) U.S. |
(2004:) pp. 45–62[139] |
Rawat, Prem et al. |
2003– | TV series | Words of Peace | South America North America Europe Satellite |
[149][150] | |
Rawat, Prem | 2003 | Book | Clarity | The Prem Rawat Foundation | U.S. | ISBN 0-9740627-1-5[151] |
2003 | Essay | "Premies" Complain to Google of "Ex-Premie.org" site | Chilling Effects | U.S. | [138] | |
2003-07 | Entry in encyclopedic resource | The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography, entry: "Maharaj Ji" | Houghton Mifflin | U.S. | ISBN 0-618-25210-X p. 994[152] | |
Jackson, Sally | 2004-03-11 | Article (newspaper) | Court lets 'cult' gag journalist | The Australian | Australia | p. 21[153] |
O’Regan, Mick (host) Macgregor, John et al. |
2004-03-18 | Interview (radio) | Suppression Orders & the Media | The Media Report on ABC Radio National | Australia | [154] |
Thomas, Hedley | 2004-04-24 | Article (newspaper) | Peace at a price | The Courier-Mail | Australia, Brisbane | p. 35[155] |
2004-11-29 | Press release | Words of Peace by Prem Rawat receives TV Award in Brazil[permanent dead link] | tprf.net Press Room by The Prem Rawat Foundation | U.S. | [156] | |
Rawat, Prem Wolf, Burt (interviewer) |
2005 | Interview (DVD) | Inner Journey: A Spirited Conversation About Self-discovery | The Prem Rawat Foundation | U.S. | OCLC 85767576 ASIN B000EDUGI4[157] |
Rawat, Prem | 2005-05-17 | Public Address | Maharaji at Thamamssat University | Wikisource (transcript: 2006) | Thailand, Bangkok | [158] |
2005-06-30 | Article (newspaper) | US names June 16 after Indian. | Times of India | India | [159] | |
2006 | Web page | About Us | Raj Vidya Kender | India | [160] | |
Geaves, Ron | 2006 | Essay in periodical | Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji) | Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Vol. 2 by Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Association | UK | ISBN 978-1-4196-2696-8 pp. 44–62[161] |
Mather, George Nichols, Larry A. Schmidt, Alvin J. |
2006-08-01 | Entry in encyclopedic resource | Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions: Revised and Updated Edition, entry "ELAN VITAL / DIVINE LIGHT MISSION" | Zondervan | U.S. | ISBN 0-310-23954-0[140] |
Geaves, Ron | 2006-10-30 | Essay in book | From Guru Maharaj Ji to Prem Rawat: Paradigm Shifts over the Period of Forty Years as a "Master" (1966-2006) | Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America by Eugene V. Gallagher and W. Michael Ashcraft (eds.), Vol. IV: Asian Traditions, Greenwood Publishing Group | US | ISBN 0-275-98712-4 pp. 63–84[162] |
2006-12-20 | Newsletter (digital) | Prem Rawat’s “Words of Peace” Receives Brazilian TV Award | Inspire by The Prem Rawat Foundation | U.S. | [163] | |
Cagan, Andrea | 2007-01-16 | Book (biography) | Peace is Possible: The Life and Message of Prem Rawat | Mighty River Press | U.S. | ISBN 0-9788694-9-4 OCLC 123014238[164] |
Mendick, Robert | 2007-05-31 | Article (newspaper) | Cult leader gives cash to Lord Mayor appeal[dead link] | Evening Standard | UK, London | p. 4[165] |
Rawat, Prem et al. |
2007-06-01 | Public address | Prem Rawat at Guildhall, London | The Prem Rawat Foundation (DVD release) | UK, London | [166] |
Rossiter, Joe | 2007-11-25 | Article (newspaper) | Patrick Halley: Outgoing reporter lived colorful life | Detroit Free Press | U.S., Detroit | [167] |
Mendick, Robert | 2007-11-30 2007-12-02 |
Article (newspaper) | Guru followers asked to target Gandhi party | Evening Standard Gulf Times |
UK, London Qatar, Doha |
[168] |
Rawat, Prem Robles, Marta (interviewer) |
2007 | Interview (DVD) | Journey Within: a conversation between journalist Marta Robles and Prem Rawat, Barcelona, Spain | The Prem Rawat Foundation | [169] | |
Bromley, David G. | 2007 | Book (part) | Teaching New Religious Movements | Aar Teaching Religious Studies Series by American Academy of Religion | U.S. | ISBN 0-19-517729-0[170] |
Metz, Cade | 2008-02-06 | Article (magazine) | Wikipedia ruled by 'Lord of the Universe' | The Register | UK | [141] |
Finch, Michael | 2009 | Book | Without the Guru: How I Took My Life Back After Thirty Years | BookSurge Publishing | U.S. | ISBN 1-4392-4504-5
ISBN 978-1-4392-4504-0 |
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "Blinded by the Light" in Good Weekend, Sydney, Australia, August 31, 2002, pp. 38-42.
showLede showQuotation - ^ "Working the web: Cults" in The Guardian, Technology news & features section, p. 4. London, UK, February 13, 2003.
showQuotation - ^ Jump up to: a b '"Premies" Complain to Google of "Ex-Premie.org" site' by Chilling Effects, 2003.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Geaves, Ron (1 March 2004). "From Divine Light Mission to Elan Vital and Beyond: An Exploration of Change and Adaptation". Nova Religio. 7 (3): 45–62. doi:10.1525/nr.2004.7.3.45.
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- ^ Abgrall, Jean-Marie. Soul Snatchers: The Mechanics of Cults (English translation of La mécanique des sectes). New York, Algora Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1-892941-04-X p. 285
- ^ Rhodes, Ron The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions: The Essential Guide to Their History, Their Doctrine, and Our Response. Zondervan, 2001, ISBN 0-310-23217-1, pp. 32, 170.
- ^ Barrett, David V. The New Believers: Sects, 'Cults' and Alternative Religions. Cassell, 2001–2003, ISBN 0-304-35592-5 – ISBN 1-84403-040-7, p. 65 & p. 325-329: Part Two: Alternative Religions & Other Groups, Ch. 14: Eastern Movements in the West, Elan Vital.
showPresentation on dedicated website - ^ Kent, Stephen A. From Slogans to Mantras: Social Protest and Religious Conversion in the Late Vietnam War Era. Syracuse University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8156-2923-0 ISBN 0-8156-2948-6. At Syracuse University Press
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- ^ Rawat, Prem. Clarity. The Prem Rawat Foundation, 2003, ISBN 0-9740627-1-5
- ^ "Maharaj Ji" in The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography. U.S., 2003, ISBN 0-618-25210-X, p. 994
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- ^ Thomas, Hedley. "Peace at a price" in The Courier-Mail. Australia, April 24, 2004, p. 35.
showLede - ^ Words of Peace by Prem Rawat receives TV Award in Brazil[permanent dead link] by The Prem Rawat Foundation
- ^ Rawat, Prem; Wolf, Burt (interviewer). Inner Journey: A Spirited Conversation About Self-discovery. The Prem Rawat Foundation, 2005, ASIN B000EDUGI4, OCLC 85767576. Video excerpts at tprf.org
- ^ Rawat, Prem. Maharaji at Thamamssat University. May 17, 2005. At Wikisource
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- ^ "About Us". Raj Vidya Kender. 2006. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ Geaves, Ron. "Globalization, charisma, innovation, and tradition: An exploration of the transformations in the organisational vehicles for the transmission of the teachings of Prem Rawat (Maharaji)" in Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Vol. 2. UK, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4196-2696-8, pp. 44-62. "Online version at the "Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies Association" website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- ^ Geaves, Ron. "From Guru Maharaj Ji to Prem Rawat: Paradigm Shifts over the Period of Forty Years as a "Master" (1966-2006)" in Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America by Eugene V. Gallagher and W. Michael Ashcraft (eds.) US, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 0-275-98712-4, Vol. IV: Asian Traditions, pp. 63-84
- ^ "Prem Rawat's "Words of Peace" Receives Brazilian TV Award". The Prem Rawat Foundation. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ Cagan, Andrea. Peace is Possible: The Life and Message of Prem Rawat. Mighty River Press, U.S., January 2007, ISBN 0-9788694-9-4, OCLC 123014238. Preview at publisher's website
showQuotation (from author's note) - ^ Mendick, Robert. "Cult leader gives cash to Lord Mayor appeal" in Evening Standard. London, 2007-05-31, p. 4. At HighBeam Research[dead link]
- ^ Rawat, Prem et al. Prem Rawat at Guildhall, London. 2007-06-01. Transcript (excerpt) at tprf.org
showPublisher's presentation - ^ Rossiter, Joe. "Patrick Halley: Outgoing reporter lived colorful life" in Detroit Free Press. November 25, 2007
- ^ Mendick, Robert. "Guru followers asked to target Gandhi party" in Evening Standard (November 30, 2007) and Gulf Times (2 December 2007). At HighBeam Research (Evening Standard)[dead link] – At Gulf Times website
- ^ Rawat, Prem; Robles, Marta (interviewer). Journey Within: a conversation between journalist Marta Robles and Prem Rawat, Barcelona, Spain. The Prem Rawat Foundation, 2007. Video excerpts at tprf.org
showPublisher's presentation - ^ Bromley, David G. Teaching New Religious Movements (Aar Teaching Religious Studies Series, American Academy of Religion). 2007, ISBN 0-19-517729-0
External links[]
- Prem Rawat at IMDb
- Works by or about Prem Rawar and related organizations in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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- Religious bibliographies