Knut Axel Jacobsen is a Norwegian scholar of the history of religions and professor at the University of Bergen.[1] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]
Career
[edit]He has a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1994), and has been professor at the University of Bergen since 1996.[3] Jacobsen's areas of teaching include Hindu traditions, Sikhism, Jainism, Indian Buddhism and Indian philosophy.
Research
[edit]Jacobsen's main areas of research include Sāṃkhya, Yoga, Pilgrimage in South Asia, and South Asian religions and migration. He is the founding editor and editor-in-chief of the six volume Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009–2015) and editor-in-chief of the Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online.
He is the author or editor of more than 30 books, in Norwegian and English.
Writings
[edit]Selected Writings in English include:
- 1999 Prakṛti in Sāṃkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications. New York: Peter Lang
- 2004 South Asians in the diaspora: histories and religious traditions. (with P. Pratap Kumar). Leiden: Brill.
- 2005 Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Leiden: Brill.[4]
- 2008 Kapila: Founder of Sāṃkhya and Avatāra of Viṣṇu. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.
- 2008 South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora. London: Routledge.
- 2008 South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. (with Selva J. Raj). Farnham: Ashgate.
- 2009 Modern Indian Culture and Society. 4 vols. London: Routledge.
- 2009 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One: Regions, Pilgrimage, Deities. Leiden: Brill 2009.
- 2010 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two: Sacred Languages, Ritual Traditions, Arts, Concepts. Leiden: Brill.
- 2011 Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identity and Transnational Practices. (with Kristina Myrvold). Farnham: Ashgate.
- 2011 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three: Society, Religious Professionals, Religious Communities, Philosophies. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012 Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four. Historical Perspectives, Poets/Teachers/Saints, Relation to Other Religions and Traditions, Hinduism and Contemporary Issues. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012 Sikhs Across Borders. (with Kristina Myrvold). London: Bloomsbury.
- 2013 Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space. Abingdon: Routledge.
- 2013 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five: Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill.
- 2015 Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Six: Indices. Leiden: Brill.
- 2015 Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions (co-edited with Mikael Aktor og Kristina Myrvold). Abingdon: Routledge.[5]
- 2015 Young Sikhs in a Global World. (with Kristina Myrvold). Farnham: Ashgate.[6]
- 2016 Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Knut Axel Jacobsen – Universitetet i Bergen". uib.no. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Artikkel: Gruppe 8: Religionsvitenskap og teologi". dnva.no. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Knut Axel Jacobsen (5 October 2015). "CURRICULUM VITAE KAJ" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Theory and Practice of Yoga". Brill. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Knut A. Jacobsen; Mikael Aktor; Kristina Myrvold (27 August 2014). Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices and Meanings. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-67594-5.
- ^ Knut A. Jacobsen; Kristina Myrvold (9 March 2016). Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-79081-4.
- ^ Knut A. Jacobsen (11 August 2015). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-40358-6.
