Short CV
CURRENT POSITION
Professor, Department of the History of Religions, University of Bergen, Norway, 1999-
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor, Department of the History of Religions, University of Bergen, Norway, 1996-99.
Post-doctorate Fellow, Research Council of Norway, 1995-1996
Doctorate fellow, The Research Council of Norway, 1991-1994
Research Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988-1991
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Hinduism, Yoga, South Asian Diaspora, Buddhism, Sikhism, Religious Pluralism, Sanskrit, Pali, Theories of Comparative Religion, Religion and Nature.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 1994.
Publications: Books
Yoga Powers: Theory and Practice of Siddhis in
South Asian Traditions. Editor. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming 2009
Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. 5 vols. Editor in chief. Leiden: Brill forthcoming 2009-2013.
Modern Indian Culture and Society. 4 vols. Editor. London: Routledge, 2009.
South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. Co-edited with Selva J. Raj. London: Ashgate, 2008.
South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and the Diaspora. London: Routledge, 2008.
Kapila: Founder of Samkhya and Avatara of Vishnu. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 2008.
Hyllest til Gudinnen: Visjon og tilbedelse av hinduismens store Gudinne. Oslo: Emilia forlag, 2007.
Sikhismen: Historie, tradisjon og kultur . Kristiansand : Høyskoleforlaget, 2006.
Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson . Leiden: Brill, 2005.
Verdensreligioner i Norge ("World Religions in Norway’). Editor and contributing author. 2d. ed. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2005.
Sanger fra Adi Granth ("Songs from the Adi Granth"). Editor. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, 2004.
Yoga . Editor and contributing author. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, 2004.
South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions. Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen and P. Pratap Kumar. Leiden: Brill, 2004.
Hinduismen ("Hinduism," in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax, 2003. Swedish translation, Hinduismen: Historia, tradition, mångfold, Stockholm: Natur og Kultur, 2004.
Verdensreligioner i Norge ("World Religions in Norway’). Editor and contributing author. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001.
Bhagavadgita og andre hellige skrifter fra Hinduismen ("Bhagavadgita and other Sacred Texts of Hinduism," in Norwegian). Editor and contributing author. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, 2001.
Buddhismen ("Buddhism," in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax, 2000. Swedish translation, Buddhismen: Kultur, historia, traditon, Stockholm: Natur og Kultur, 2002.
Prakriti in Samkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications . New York: Peter Lang, 1999; Indian edition: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2002.
Hinduismen og Buddhismen ("Hinduism and Buddhism," in Norwegian). Co-authored with Notto R. Thelle. Kristiansand: Nordic Academic Press, 1999.
Publications: Articles
"Processions, Public Space and Sacred Space in the South Asian Diasporas in Norway." In South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asian and in the Diaspora. Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen. London: Routledge, 2008, 191-204.
"Creating Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic Space in the South Asian Diaspora in Norway." In South Asian Christian Diaspora: An Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen and Selva J. Raj. London: Ashgate, 2008, 117-132.
"The Meaning of Prakrti in the Yogasutra and Vyasabhashya. " Asian Philosophy 17, no 1 (2007): 1-16.
"What Similes in Samkhya Do: A Comparison of the Similes in the Samkhya texts of the Mahabharata, the Samkhyakarika and the Samkhyasutra." Journal of Indian Philosophy 34 (2006): 587-605.
"Is Hinduism an Offshoot of Buddhism?" Co-authored with Ninian Smart. In Indian Religions: Renaissance and Renewal: The Spalding Papers in Indic Studies. Edited by Anna King. London: Equinox, 2006, pp. 41-53.
"Når Lakshmi flytter inn, flytter Sarasvati ut: religion og profitt." Praktisk økonomi og finans 4 (2006): 47-54.
'Scandinavia' In Peter Reeves, Brij V. Lal and Rajesh Rai (eds.),
Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora. Singapore: Editions Didier
Millet, 2006, pp. 361-363 .
"Hindu Processions, Diaspora and Religious Pluralism," in Religious Pluralism and the Diaspora, ed. P. Pratap Kumar. Leiden: Brill, 2006, pp 163-173.
"Krig og krigerasketer i hinduismens tradisjoner." Chaos 45 (2006): 9-22.
"Veda, vitenskap og vestens herredømme: hinduistiske møter med moderne kunnskapstradisjoner". Religion og livssyn 18, nr. 1 (2006): 25-32.
‘Purusha is Different from Everything.’ Sankhyayana 3 (2005): 72-77.
"Sanskrit Hymns in the Worship of Kapila in Contemporary Hindu Tradition." In Bruno Dagens & Petteri Koskikallio (eds.), Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference. Held in Helsinki, Finland, 13-18 July, 2003, Vol. 3.1. General Editors, Petteri Koskikallio & Asko Parpola. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, forthcoming, 2006.
"Globalisert yoga: Om hvordan en esoterisk religiøs lære for asketer i India ble et verdensomspennende sekulært helse-, trim- og sportsfenomen." Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift 107, nr. 1 (2006): 3-17.
"The Great Monkey Jataka." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 904-905.
"Bhagavadgita." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 172-173.
"Arne Naess." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 1149-1150.
"Jataka," In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 903, 904.
" India," In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 823-827.
"Ahimsa" In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 30-31.
"Prakriti." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 1299-1301.
"The Tirtha of sage Kapila." Manushi. Issue 150, pp. 26-29
"Introduction: Yoga Traditions." In Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen. Leiden: Brill, 2005, 1-28.
"In Kapila’s Cave: A Samkhya-Yoga Renaissance in Bengal." In Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen. Leiden: Brill, 2005, 333-350.
"Det andre livsstadiet: Ekteskapstradisjoner i hinduismen i Sør-Asia og i diasporaen," i Evig Din?: Ekteskaps- og samlivstradisjoner i det flerreligiøse Norge. Ed. Berit Synnøve Thorbjørnsrud. Oslo: Abstract forlag, 2005. 174-195
"Kapila in the Mahabharata." In The Mahabharata: Whatever Is Not There Is Nowhere else. Ed. T. S. Rukmani. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. 35-47.
"Interdependence and Non-Injury." Sankhyayana 2 (2004): 25-26.
"Nye rituelle rom i hindudiasporaen i Norge." Chaos 41 (2004): 41-52.
"The Child Manifestation of Shiva in Contemporary Hindu Popular Prints." Numen 52 (2004): 237-264.
"Hva er Yoga?" P2-Akademiet XXXI. Oslo:Transit, 2004, pp. 156-168.
"Hinduisme: Mat som kosmisk, etisk, sosial og materiell virkelighet." In Når Gud bestemmer menyen. Ed Gunnar Neegaard. Oslo: Yrkeslitteratur, 2004, pp. 191-215.
"Menneskerettigheter i hinduisme." Religion og livssyn 16, no. 1, (2004): 25-30.
"Future Prospects." Co-authored with P. Pratap Kumar. In South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions.Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp. 498-500.
"Introduction." Co-authored with P. Pratap Kumar. In South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions.Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp. ix-xxiv.
"Establishing Ritual Space in the Hindu Diaspora in Norway." In South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions.Ed. Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp. 134-148.
"Matrigayaparvanashraddha: Pilegrimsferd til Sidhpur for å gi frelse til avdøde mødre. " Chaos 39 (2003), pp. 49-58.
"The Sacred Geography of Kapila: The Kapilashrama of Sidhpur, " Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis vol 18: Ritualistics, (2003) pp. 82-91.
"Settling in Cold Climate: Tamil Hindus in Norway" In Martin Baumann, Brigitte Luchesi, Annette Wilke (eds.), Tempel und Tamilen in zweiter Heimat. Hindus aus Sri Lanka im deutschsprachigen und skandinavischen Raum. Würzburg: Ergon Press 2003, pp. 363-377.
"Flere veier til samme mål - Asiatiske verdensreligioner i Norge og religiøs sannhet." P2-Akademiet Bind XXVII. Oslo: Transit 2003, pp. 76-88.
"Vold i hinduismen" ("Violence in Hinduism" in Norwegian). Religion og livssyn 14, no. 4, (2002), pp. 24-29.
"Shiva som barn: Tradisjon og innovasjon i hinduismens gudeplakatkunst" ("Shiva as Child: Tradition and Innovation in the God Posters of Hinduism". Din 2/3 (2002): 13-19.
"Buddhismens ritualer" ("The Rituals of Buddhism, " in Norwegian). In P2 Akademiet X. Oslo: NRK Fakta, 2002, p. 95-107.
"Dyr i hinduismen" ("Animals in Hinduism" in Norwegian). Religion og livssyn 14, no. 1, (2002): 20-24.
"En flerreligiøs verden og religionsmangfoldet i Norge." ("A Multireligious World and the Plurality of Religions in Norway"). I Verdensreligioner i Norge. ("World Religions in Norway’). Editor and contributing author. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001, 10-28.
"Buddhismen i Norge" ("Buddhism in Norway"). In Verdensreligioner i Norge ("World Religions in Norway’). Editor and contributing author. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001, 29-75.
"Hinduismen i Norge" ("Hinduism in Norway"). In Verdensreligioner i Norge ("World Religions in Norway’). Editor and contributing author. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001, 76-129.
"Hinduismens gudsforestillinger." ("The Conception of Divinty in Hinduism"). In P2 Akademiet Q. Oslo: NRK Kultur, 2000, 179-192.
"En verdensreligion i diaspora: Sri Lanka tamilenes hinduisme i Bergen" ("A World Religion in Diaspora: The Sri Lanka Tamil Hinduism in Bergen"). In Religionsbyen Bergen (The Religious City Bergen), ed. Lisbeth Mikaelsson. Bergen, 2000, 159-174.
"Tid, verdensoppløsning og religiøs opplevelse: Samkhya-prinsippenes (tattvaenes) funksjon i hinduismens endetidsforestillinger." ("Time, Dissolution of the World, and Religious Experience: The Function of the Samkhya-principles (tattvas) in Some Hindu Conceptions of Universal and Individual Dissolution," in Norwegian) Chaos 33 (2000): 25-37.
"Bhagavadgita, Ecosophy T and Deep Ecology." In Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology, ed. Eric Katz, Andrew Light, and David Rothenberg. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2000, 231-52.
"Tekster fra Hinduismen" ("Translation of texts from Hinduism") in Kildesamling til krl-faget. Oslo: Nasjonalt læremiddelsenter 2000, 365-432.
"Mat og askese i hinduismen" ("Food and Asceticism in Hinduism"). Din 1 (1999): 20-25
"Noen hinduistiske forestillinger om tid (kala)" ("Some Conceptions of Time in Hinduism," in Norwegian). Religion og livssyn 11, no. 4, (1999): 34-41.
"Religionens dimensjoner i hinduismens tempel (mandir) i Sør-Asia og i diaspora" ("The Dimensions of Religion in the Temple (Mandir) of Hinduism in South Asia and in Diaspora," in Norwegian). Prismet 50, no. 4 (1999): 156-66. Also published in Tempel og Katedral: Kunst og arkitektur som gudstroens speilbilde. Ed. Renate Banschbach Eggen og Olav Hognestad. Trondheim: Tapir, 2000, s. 23-39.
"Kapila: Founder of Samkhya and Avatara of Vishnu." OrientaliaSuecana vol 47 (1998): 69-85.
"Stedets kraft i hinduismens hellige land og landskap" ("The Power of Place in The Sacred Land and Landscape of Hinduism," in Norwegian). In Enhet i Mangfold: 100 år med religionshistorie i Norge, ed. Inger Marie Ruud og Sigurd Hjelde. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1998, 118-32.
"Hinduismens identitet" ("The Identity of Hinduism, " in Norwegian). Prismet 49.4 (1998): 155-62.
"Noen vanlige misforståelser om hinduismen" ("Some Common Misunderstandings About Hinduism," in Norwegian). Prismet 49.4 (1998): 163-66.
"Shivas barndom." ("The Childhood of Shiva," in Norwegian). Chaos 29 (1998): 53-79.
"The Upanshads: The Last Part of the Veda, the Revealed Scripture of Hinduism." In Philosophical Pocketbook: Circling Around the Act of Creating, ed. Paula Fure. Kongsberg: Galleri Åkern, 1997, pp. 8-9.
"Hinduismen i diaspora: Religiøs endring og norsk kontekst" ("Hinduism in Diaspora: Religious Change and Norwegian Context," in Norwegian). Kirke og Kultur 102, no 4/5 (1997): 441-52.
"Komparasjon og Pluralitet" ("Comparison and Plurality," in Norwegian). Religion og Livssyn 9, no 3 (1997): 16-19.
"Humankind and Nature in Buddhism." In A Companion to World Philosophies, ed. Eliot Deutsch and Ron Bontekoe. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997, pp. 381-91.
"Fristende magiske evner (siddhi, vibhuti) som bivirkninger av yogapraksis i Samkhya og Samkhya-Yoga ("Tempting Magical Powers [siddhi, vibhuti] as Side-effects of Yoga Practice According to Samkhya and Samkhya-Yoga," in Norwegian). Chaos 27 (1997): 79-94.
"Magiske evner som ikke er magiske: Bedrageri og skepsis til magiske evner i sør-asiatisk historie" ("Magic Powers that are not Magical," in Norwegian). In Magi i møte med det moderne, ed. Torunn Selberg. Oslo: Research Council of Norway. KULTs skriftserie nr. 83, pp. 152-66.
"Hinduismens tempel (prasada, mandira)" ("The Temple of Hinduism" [prasada, mandira] ," in Norwegian) Religion og Livssyn, 9, no. 2(1997): 40-3.
Erratum, "The Anthropocentric Bias in Eliade's Interpretation of the Samkhya and Samkhya-Yoga Systems of Religious Thought." Religion 26 (1996): 401.
"Prakriti." In Kalatattvakosha: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, vol III, Primal Elements - Mahabharata, ed. Bettina Bäumer. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass., 1996. pp. 1-48.
"Bhagavadgita, Ecosophy T, and Deep Ecology." Inquiry 39 (1996): 219-38.
"The Female Pole of the Godhead in Tantrism and the Prakriti of Samkhya." Numen 43 (1996): 56-81.
"Ikke-beskadigelse (ahimsa) og offer-ideologi i Bhagavadgita" ("Non-Injury (ahimsa) and the ideology of the Sacrifice in the Bhagavadgita," in Norwegian). Chaos 24 (1995): 59-71.
"The Anthropocentric Bias in Eliade's Interpretation of the Samkhya and Samkhya-Yoga Systems of Religious Thought." Religion 25(1995): 213-225.
"The Institutionalization of the Ethics of 'Non-injury Towards All Beings' in Ancient India." Environmental Ethics, 16, no 3 (1994): 287-301.
"Ordinary Nature: Pakati in the Pali Scripture." Asian Philosophy 3, no. 2 (1993): 75-87.
"Restrained Persons, Transformed Places: Relation to Place in the Samkhya-Yoga Traditions." In Environmental Ethics: Discourses and Cultural Traditions, A Festschrift to Arne Naess, ed. Rana B. Singh. Also published in The National Geographical Journal of India, 39, no. 1-2 (1993): 141-49.
Book reviews
Review of Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, ed Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Environmental Ethics 25 (2003): 333-336.
Review of The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka, by H. L. Seneviratne. Religion 33 (2003): 181-182.
Review of The Emergence of Hindu Nationalism in India, by John Zavos. Contemporary South Asia, vol. 10 (2001): 439-440.
Review of Jnandev Studies I and II, Songs on Yoga and III, The Conservative Vaishnava, by Catharina Kiehnle. Acta Orientalia, vol. 62 (2001): 269-271.
Review of Violence Denied: Violence, Non-violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History, ed. Jan. E. M. Houben and Karel R. van Kooij (eds.). Religion, 31, no. 3 (2001): 277-278.
Review of Indra and other Vedic deities: A euhemeristic study, by Uma Chakravarty. International Journal of Hindu Studies 4, nr. 2 (2000): 207-208.
Review of Politikens håndbog i Verdens religioner, ed. Mikael Rothstein. Chaos 34, 111-112.
Review of Buddhism in Practice, ed. Donald S. Lopez. Contemporary South Asia 9, no 3 (2000):384-385.
Review of Tone Lie Bøttinger og Kåre A. Lie, Søstrenes sanger: Therigatha. Chaos 34, 110-111.
Review of On Understanding Buddhists: Essays on the Theravada Tradition in Sri Lanka, by John Ross Carter. Religion 30 (2000): 78-79.
Review of Professor Kane’s Contribution to Dharmashastra Literature, ed. S. G. Moghe. Religious Studies Review 25, no. 4 (1999): 443.
Review of A Buddhist Woman’s Path to Enlightenment, ed. Peter Schalk. Temenos 34 (1998): 297-300.
Review of Deep Ecology for the 21st Century: Readings on the Philosophy of the New Environmentalism, ed. Georg Sessions, Journal of the American Academy of Religion 66 (1998): 967-69.
Review of How Buddhism Began, by Richard F. Gombrich. In Temenos 33 (1997): 276-79.
Review of Prakriti: The Integral Vision, five volumes, ed. Kapila Vatsyayana. In Acta Orientalia 58 (1997): 244-49.
Review of Ancient Eastern Philosophy for Beginners, by Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon. In Contemporary South Asia6 (1997): 294-95.
Review of Representing Hinduism, ed. Vasudha Dalmia and H. von Stietencron. In Numen 44 (1997): 347-48.
Review of The Divine and the Demoniac, by Carmel Berkson. In Contemporary South Asia6 (1997): 103-4.
Review of A Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K. Klostermaier. In Numen 44 (1997): 97-8.
Review of Harmony of Religions, by Thomas Manninezhath. In ActaOrientalia 57 (1996): 212-14.
Review of The Self and Its States, by Andrew O. Fort. In ActaOrientalia 57 (1996): 211-12.
Review of Ecology and Religion: Ecological Spirituality in Cross-Cultural Perspective, by David Kinsley. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 64 (1996): 907-9.
Review of The Philosophy of Religion and Advaita Vedanta: A Comparative Study in Religion and Reason, by Arvind Sharma. In Religion 26 (1996): 377-78.
Review of Ecological Prospects: Scientific, Religious, and Aesthetic Perspectives, ed. Christopher Key Chapple. In Journal of The American Academy of Religion 64 (1996): 656-9.
Review of Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism, Yatidharmasamuccaya of Yadava Prakasha, ed. and trans. by Patrick Olivelle. In Numen 43 (1996): 321-2.
Review of Das Brahmanische Totenritual nach der Antyeshtipaddhati des Narayanabhatta, by Klaus Werner Müller. In Journal of Asian Studies 53, No. 2 (1994): 602-3.
Review of Buddha Nature, by Sallie B. King, In Buddhist-Christian Studies 14 (1994): 198-200.
Review of Religion Philosophy Yoga, by Jean Filliozat. In South Asia in Review, 16, no. 1 (1992): 42.
Review of Encountering the Goddess, by Thomas B. Coburn. In South Asia in Review, 15, n. 4 (1991): 87.
Review of Hugging the Trees: The Story of the Chipko Movement, by Thomas Weber. In South Asia in Review, 15, no. 4 (1991): 91-93.
Review of Human Fertility Cults and Rituals in Bengal, by P. K. Maity. In South Asia in Review, 14, no. 4 (1990): 11-12.
Public Radio Lectures
"Hva er Yoga?" P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture). September 20. og 21. February, 2004.
"Flere veier til samme mål - verdensreligioner i Norge og religiøs sannhet" ("Several Paths to the same goal: World Religions in Norway and Religious Truth"). P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture). September 10.,11. and 14., 2002.
"Buddhismens ritualer" ("The Rituals of Buddhism, " in Norwegian). P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture) September 9. and 15., 2001.
"Hinduismens gudsforestillinger ("The Conceptions of God in Hinduism, " in Norwegian). P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture) 17.4/24.4.1999.
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
"Religiøs identitet." Feature article (kronikk) Bergens Tidende, May 30, 2006.
"Indisk vei til helse og velvære." Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, August 4, 2005. Også utgitt i svensk oversettelse: Knut A. Jacobsen, "Väg till vishet har blivit motionsform". Sydasien 29.3 (2005):
"Hva skjer med Indias kastesystem." Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, July 11, 2004.
"Verdensreligionene forandrer Norge." Feature article (kronikk) Morgenbladet, July 2-8
"En sikh som leder skaper forsoning i India" ("A Sikh as leader creates reconciliation in India"). Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, June 15, 2004.
"Verdensreligioner i Norge" ("World Religions in Norway"). Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, November 21, 2001.
"Seva, maitri og karmayoga. " Tredje Verden Magasinet X 6 (2001): 52.
"Templet: En sentral institusjon for hinduismen i Tamil-kulturen i Norge"("The temple: A Central Institution for Hinduism of the Tamil Culture in Norway") Tamil Sangam i Norge 20 år, 41-43.
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