| Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson Contributor(s): Jacobsen, Knut a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004147578 ISBN-13: 9789004147577 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $279.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2005 Annotation: This collection of original essays on Yoga in honour of Professor Gerald James Larson provides fascinating new insights into the yoga traditions of India as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern - Religion | History - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 181.45 |
| LCCN: 2005050841 |
| Series: Numen Book |
| Physical Information: 482 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of original essays provides fascinating insights into yoga as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. They cover a wide variety of traditions and topics related to Yoga: Classical Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantric Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, the Guru, Indic Islamic traditions of Yoga, Yoga and asceticism in contemporary India, and the reception of Yoga in the West. The essays are written by eighteen professors in the field of the history of religions, most of them former graduate students of Gerald James Larson, Larson is Rabindranath Tagore Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, an internationally acclaimed scholar on the history of religions and philosophies of India, and one of the world's foremost authorities on the Samkhya and Yoga traditions. The publication is in honour of him. |
