William Aitken’s Sai
Baba Book. Major Flaws Says Scholar
Date: 01-29-08
By: Ex Baba admin
At his blogsite Call For Media and Government
Investigation of Sathya Sai Baba -
http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/ - Barry Pittard has posted:
William Aitken’s Sai Baba Book. Major Flaws Says Scholar
http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/william-aitkens-sai-baba-book-major-flaws-says-scholar/
Retired Spanish language expert and lexicographer from one of
Australia’s top universities, Steel critically assesses a book by
William McKay ‘Bill’ Aitken: Sri Sathya Sai Baba. A Life (New Delhi,
Penguin Books India, 2004. Paperback edition, 2006).
The present blog contains some quotes from Brian Steel’s
article Bill Aitken and Sathya Sai Baba. A Writer’s Dilemma,
a link to Steel's William Aitken piece and a link to Pittard's
related article: Sai Baba Researchers’ Huge Debt To
Scholar Brian D. Steel
‘Bill’ Aitken
Aitken’s Methodology Badly Flawed, Says
Steel
Quote from: Bill Aitken and Sathya Sai Baba. A Writer’s
Dilemma
'Equally disappointing for the general reader is the author’s
superficial treatment of recent controversies. On more than one
occasion he issues blanket condemnations of all criticisms of Sathya
Sai Baba, dismissing them out of hand and even implying interference
by “certain rival missions” (p. 189) or speculating that someone
“could be a paid informer of the missionary lobby”. Also, Aitken’s
preoccupation with the sensational, headline-grabbing sexual
allegations (by Tal Brooke, or David Bailey, for example) does not
leave him time to deal with more serious aspects of past and present
critical research on Sathya Sai Baba …'
Forthcoming at:
http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/
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A look at Robert Priddy’s articles on William
McKay ‘Bill’ Aitken
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Barry Pittard looks at Steel on Aitken and
on other topics