Entry
Reader's guide
Entries A-Z
Subject index
Radhasoami
Since it was established in the 19th century, the Radhasoami religious tradition has spread from India around the world, creating a global religious movement. It has more than 1 million adherents worldwide, especially in North India, but it also has significant numbers of followers in the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, and elsewhere. It is based on a lineage of spiritual masters (gurus) that has branched off from the founding movement in Agra, North India. The main centers are at Dayalbagh, near Agra; Beas, in the Indian state of the Punjab; and Kirpal Ashram in New Delhi.
The movement was founded in 1861 by Swami Shiv Dayal Singh, who taught a new form of spiritual practice, Surat Sabd Yoga (“the discipline of the sound current”). ...
- Biographies
- Abduh, Muhammad
- Adams, James Luther
- Akbar
- al-Banna, Hasan
- Alexander the Great
- Asahara, Shôkô
- Asoka
- Atta, Mohammad
- Augustine
- Barker, Eileen
- Bataille, Georges
- Bellah, Robert
- Benedict XVI
- Berger, Peter
- Blavatsky, Helena P.
- Campbell, Joseph
- Constantine
- Dōgen
- Dalai Lama
- dan Fodio, Osman
- Deng Xiaoping
- Douglas, Mary
- Dumont, Louis
- Durkheim, Émile
- Eliade, Mircea
- Faraj, Abd al-Salam
- Foucault, Michel
- Freud, Sigmund
- Gandhi, Mohandas
- Geertz, Clifford
- Girard, René
- Ibn Khaldū
- John Paul II
- Jung, Carl Gustav
- Küng, Hans
- Kabir
- Kant, Immanuel
- Khomeini, Ruhallah Ayatullah
- Kierkegaard, Søren
- King, Coretta Scott
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Lévi-Strauss, Claude
- Long, Charles H.
- Luckmann, Thomas
- Müller, Max
- Mahdi of Sudan
- Malinowski, Bronislaw
- Martin, David
- Mawdudi, Abu'l-a'la’
- McVeigh, Timothy
- Mother Teresa
- Mujtahid-Shabistari, Muhammad
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Olcott, Henry Steel
- Otto, Rudolf
- Panikkar, Raimon (Raimundo)
- Prabhupada, Bhaktivedanta
- Pramukh Swami
- Qutb, Sayyid
- Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
- Rahman, Fazlur
- Ramanuja
- Rudolph, Eric Robert
- Schleiermacher, Friedrich
- Serra, Father Junípero
- Shankar, Sri Sri Ravi
- Shankara
- Shariati, Ali
- Shimazono, Susumu
- Smart, Ninian
- Smith, Huston
- Smith, Wilfred Cantwell
- Soroush, Abdulkarim
- Srinivas, M. N.
- Suzuki, D. T.
- Tagore, Rabindranath
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Tillich, Paul
- Tutu, Bishop Desmond
- Tylor, Edward Burnett
- Venerable Master Cheng-yen
- Vivekananda
- Weber, Max
- Concepts and Theories
- Khariji
- Li
- Ancestors
- Animals
- Apocalypticism
- Arabic
- Art
- Asceticism
- Assimilation
- Astronomy
- Atheism
- Authority
- Bhakti
- Bharata Natyam
- Borderlands
- Bricolage
- Buddhist Law
- Charisma
- Christmas
- Churches
- Cinema
- Civil Religion
- Civil Society
- Clash of Civilizations Thesis
- Clothing
- Communism
- Conspiracy Theories
- Conversion
- Cosmic War and Cosmic Conflict
- Creationism
- Cycle of Rebirth
- Death Ritual
- Desecularization
- Detraditionalization and Retraditionalization
- Dharma, Karma, and Samsara
- Divination
- Divine Law
- Easter
- Ecumenicalism
- Emergent Religion
- Encyclicals
- Ethics
- Ethnogenesis
- Fatwa
- Feng Shui (Geomancy)
- Fez
- Ganga
- Gender
- Generational Change
- Global Religion
- Global Secularization Paradigm
- Globalization
- Globalization and Conversion
- Glocalization
- God
- Goddess
- Golden Rule
- Hajj
- Halakha and Shari'a
- Halal
- Heaven
- Hebrew
- Hell
- Henotheism
- Heresy
- Hijab
- Hindu Orthopraxy
- Holidays
- Holistic Spirituality
- Human Rights
- Hybridization
- Jihad
- Just War
- Karma
- Kingship
- Liberation Theology
- Lotus
- Mahdi
- María Lionza Cult of Venezuela
- Martyrdom
- Marx and Religion
- Marxism
- Material Culture
- McDonaldization
- Meditation
- Missions and Missionaries
- Modernism
- Modernization
- Monasticism
- Monotheism
- Mosques
- Multiculturalism
- Multiple Modernities
- Music
- Mysticism
- Myth
- Nation-State
- Natural Law
- Nonviolence
- Orientalism
- Other (The Other)
- Pāli
- Panjabi
- Perennial Philosophy
- Pilgrimage
- Pluralism
- Polytheism
- Postcolonial Theology
- Postcolonialism
- Postmodernism
- Prayer Beads
- Prophecy
- Qigong
- Queer Theory
- Religious Identity
- Rites of Passage
- Sacred Places
- Satan
- Scapegoating
- Secularism
- Secularization
- Social Justice
- Stupa
- Swastika
- Sword
- Symbol
- Synagogue
- Syncretism
- Tattooing and Piercing
- Television
- Tolerance
- Translocalization
- Unitarians
- World Religions
- World Theology
- Yarmulke/Kippah
- Yiddish
- Countries, Cities, and Regions
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Albania
- Algeria
- Amsterdam
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Baltic Countries
- Banaras
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Beijing
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belgrade
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bodh Gaya
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Caribbean
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chechnya
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Constantinople
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Europe
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Gaza
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Granada
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hawai'i
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland, Republic of
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kashmir
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
- Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
- Kosovo
- Kurdistan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latin America
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Los Angeles
- Lourdes
- Luxembourg
- Macau
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Madrid
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mashhad
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mecca
- Medina
- Mexico
- Mexico City
- Micronesia
- Middle East
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Moscow
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Najaf
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New York City
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Nordic Countries
- Norfolk Island
- North Africa
- North America
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pacific Islands/Oceania
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Qum
- Réunion
- Romania
- Rome
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sārnāth
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa (American and Independent State of)
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Somaliland
- South Africa
- South Asia
- South Sudan
- Southeast Asia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Timur
- Togo
- Tokyo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City State and the Holy See
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Wales
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Events and Historical Topics
- ‘Abbāsid Caliphate
- Kumbha Mela
- Aryans
- Axial Age
- Ayodhya Mosque Attack
- Aztecs
- Battle of Badr
- Bodh Gaya
- Canterbury
- Council of Nicea
- Crusades
- Diaspora
- Emergent Religion
- Enlightenment
- Flood Myth
- French Revolution
- Generational Change
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Holocaust
- Incas
- Indo-European Religion
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Inquisition
- Jewish Diaspora
- Karbala
- Mashhad
- Mediterranean World
- Mongol Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Postcolonialism
- September 11, 2001
- Silk Road
- Taiping Rebellion
- Umayyad Dynasty
- Vatican Council, Second
- Influential Texts and Figures of Veneration
- Movements and Organizations
- Pajelanca of the Brazilian North
- Tabligh
- 3HO (Sikh Dharma Fellowship)
- Abakuá Secret Society
- Al-Azhar
- Aum Shinrikyô
- Auroville
- Ayahuasca Religious Movements
- Babi
- Base Communities in Latin America
- Batuque de Porto Alegre
- Branch Davidians
- Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation
- Cao Dai
- Cargo Cults
- Catholic Charismatic Renewal
- Catholic Charities
- Christian Identity
- Christian Reconstructionism
- Church World Service
- Communione e Liberazione
- Divine Light Mission
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Eckankar
- Evangelical Movements
- Falun Gong
- Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Fo Guang Shan
- Folk Saints in Latin America
- Fulani Jihad
- Ghost Dance Religion
- Gulen Movement
- Hallelujah Movement
- Hamas
- Hare Krishna (International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
- Heaven's Gate
- Hoa Hao
- Igreja Universal
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Jemaah Islamiyah
- Jurema of the Brazilian North
- Kali
- Khalistan Movement
- La Luz del Mundo Church
- Marian Cults and Apparitions in Latin America
- Mexican Concheros
- Millenarian Movements
- Mithras Cult
- Neo-Pagan Movement
- New Age Movements
- Opus Dei
- Pana Wave Laboratory
- Pentecostal Movements
- Peoples Temple
- Radhasoami
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
- Sarvodaya Movement
- Satya Sai Movement
- Scientology
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Soka Gakkai
- Solar Temple Order
- Swaminarayan Movement
- Taizé
- Tambor de Mina
- Transcendental Meditation
- Unity Movement
- Vale do Amanhecer
- Vedanta Society
- Wahhabis
- World Congress of Faiths
- World Council of Churches
- World's Parliament of Religions
- YMCA, YWCA
- Yoga
- Youth With a Mission
- Zionism
- Religion in Public Life
- al Qaeda
- Anti-Americanism
- Anti-Semitism
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Black Muslims
- Buddhist Law
- Burka
- Christian Democratic Parties
- Christian Militia
- Civil Religion
- Civil Society
- Clash of Civilizations Thesis
- Communism
- Consumer Culture
- Cosmic War and Cosmic Conflict
- Cultural Revolution (China)
- Detainees
- Diaspora
- Economic Issues and Religion
- Environment
- Equality
- Ethnic Nationalism
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Union
- Geneva Convention
- Global Capitalism and Religion
- Global Migration
- Global Secularization Paradigm
- Hajj
- Halakha and Shari'a
- Halal
- Hamas
- Hezbollah
- Hijab
- Hindu Law
- Hindu Nationalism
- Human Rights
- Hybridization
- Immigration
- Intermarriage
- International Monetary Fund
- International NGOs
- Islamic State
- Jihad
- Just War
- Killing Fields (Cambodia)
- Kingship
- Laicization
- Liberation Theology
- Marxism
- Material Culture
- McDonaldization
- Men's Roles
- Modernization
- Multiple Faiths
- Muslim Brotherhood
- Nation-State
- Natural Law
- Nonviolence
- Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing
- Politics and Religion
- Prison Religion
- Public and Private Religion
- Racism
- Refugees
- Religion and State
- Religions and World Federation
- Religious Dialogue
- Religious Freedom
- Religious Minority-Majority Relations
- Religious Nationalism
- Secularism
- Secularization
- Sexuality
- Social Justice
- Suicide Bombing
- Swastika
- Taliban
- Televangelism
- Terrorism
- Tiananmen Square
- Tolerance
- Torture
- Turban
- United Nations
- Violence
- War on Terrorism
- Women's Roles
- World Economic Forum
- World Social Forum
- Zionism
- Religious Traditions and Groups
- Ahmaddiya
- Ancient Near Eastern Religions
- Anglicans
- Ashkanaz
- Assyrian Church of the East
- Autochthonous Christians in Latin America
- Baha'i
- Brahmanical Hinduism
- Candomblé
- Chinese Popular Religion
- Christianity
- Compostela
- Confucianism
- Coptic Christianity
- Daoism
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Engaged Buddhist Groups
- Fundamentalism
- Hinduism
- Indigenous Religions
- Islam
- Islam in China
- Islam in Latin America
- Islamic Modernism
- Islamic Reform
- Islamism (Political Islam)
- Ismailis
- Jainism
- Japanese Religions in Latin America
- Judaism
- Liberal Islam
- Liberal Protestantism
- Local Religion
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Manichaeism
- Mesoamerican Religions
- Mormons
- Native Latin American Religion
- Native North American Religion
- Neo-Shamanisms
- Neo-Sufism (Sufi Renewal)
- New Religions
- New Religions in Africa
- New Religions in Cuba
- New Religions in Japan
- New Religions in South America
- New Religions in the United States
- Popular Religion
- Protestant Buddhism
- Protestant Christianity
- Pure Land Buddhism
- Radhasoami
- Reform Hinduism
- Reform Judaism
- Roman Catholicism
- Sangha
- Santería
- Shaivism
- Shamanism
- Shi'a Islam
- Shinto
- Siddha Yoga
- Sikhism
- Soka Gakkai
- Spiritualism
- Sufism
- Sunnī Islam
- Theosophy
- Theravada Buddhism
- Ugaritic Religion
- Unification Church
- Unitarians
- Vaishnavism
- Vajrayana, Tibetan
- Vodou
- Wahhabis
- World Religions
- Yagé
- Zen Buddhism
- Zionism
- Zoroastrianism (and Parsis)
- Social Issues and Global Trends
- Da Vinci Code, The
- Left Behind Series
- Abortion
- Aging
- Anti-Americanism
- Anti-Semitism
- Art
- Cinema
- Civil Religion
- Civil Society
- Clash of Civilizations Thesis
- Clothing
- Communism
- Conspiracy Theories
- Consumer Culture
- Conversion
- Cosmic War and Cosmic Conflict
- Creationism
- Desecularization
- Detainees
- Detraditionalization and Retraditionalization
- Diaspora
- Environment
- Equality
- Faith Tourism
- Festivals
- Gay and Lesbian Theology
- Generational Change
- Global Capitalism and Religion
- Global Cities
- Global Migration
- Globalization
- Globalization and Conversion
- Immigration
- Intermarriage
- Internet
- Material Culture
- McDonaldization
- Megachurch
- Men's Roles
- Modernism
- Modernization
- Multiculturalism
- Multiple Faiths
- Multiple Modernities
- Music
- Postcolonial Theology
- Postcolonialism
- Postmodernism
- Prison Religion
- Public and Private Religion
- Racism
- Refugees
- Religions and World Federation
- Religious Dialogue
- Religious Freedom
- Religious Minority-Majority Relations
- Secularism
- Secularization
- Sexuality
- Social Justice
- Sports
- Suicide Bombing
- Tattooing and Piercing
- Televangelism
- Television
- Terrorism
- Torture
- Transnational
- Transvestites and Transsexuals
- Violence
- War on Terrorism
- Women's Roles
- Loading...