The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu movement that utilizes scientific rhetoric a great deal in its discourse. Based on ethnographic research undertaken at the main āśram of the movement in Haridwar, this article provides an overview of the Gayatri Pariwar before shifting to a more sustained discussion of the āśram’s middle-class residents. Noting that younger āśram residents narrate their decisions to move to Shantikunj rather differently than senior residents, I identify an upwardly mobile but disillusioned middle class as a significant subset of the community and situate their experience of being middle class in the larger academic discourse. I conclude with some brief thoughts about the special role that the movement’s scientific rhetoric plays in appealing to this predominately STEM-educated group.

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全世界 Gayatri Pariwar 的宗教、科学和中产阶级

All World Gayatri Pariwar 是现代印度教运动，在其话语中大量使用科学修辞。基于在哈里瓦运动的主要 āśram 进行的人种学研究，本文提供了 Gayatri Pariwar 的概述，然后转向对 āśram 的中产阶级居民进行更持续的讨论。注意到年轻的 āśram 居民讲述他们搬到 Shantikunj 的决定与年长的居民不同，我将向上流动但幻想破灭的中产阶级确定为社区的重要子集，并将他们作为中产阶级的经历置于更大的学术话语中。最后，我对运动的科学修辞在吸引这个以 STEM 教育为主的群体方面所发挥的特殊作用进行了一些简短的思考。