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We are particularly indebted to colleagues who

have generously shared the products of their

research and have edited our work: Dev Ashish,

Bettina Baeumer, Mariana Caplan, Laura Cornell,

George Chryssides, Mark Dyczkowski, Gilles Far-

cet, Jennifer Saunders, and Stuart Sovatsky. We

are especially grateful to Gail Harley and Robert

Schimpelfenig, who wrote many entries on con-

temporary leaders and movements.

The assiduous research of our assistants, Maria

Albergato, Laura Amazzone, Kate Hendon, Erin

Johansen, Simmy Makhijani, Pei-hsuan Wu, and

Reuben Rutledge, added greatly to the inclusive-

ness of this volume.

Insight into specific movements, and photo-

graphs, have been provided by Arumugaswami

Sannyasi, knowledgeable sources Jennifer Burns,

Carol Lee Flinders, Nancy Friedberg, Nick and

Sultana Harvey, Krishnapriya Hutner, Sean and

Pervin Mahoney, Sundari Michaelian, Ravin

Nadarajah, Hema Patankar, Penelope Phipps,

Krishnakant, Paramacharya Palaniswami,

Hamsa Stainton, Madhu Tandan, Peter Walsh,

Indrani Weber, and Mary Young. Support on

many levels came from Dr. Ralph Ortiz and Dr.

Ching Chun Ou.

We are extremely grateful to J. Gordon

Melton, general editor of the series, who offered

expertise and encouragement at every step of

the way.

—Constance A. Jones and James D. Ryan

acknowledgments

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