Book Reviews

  • John E. Cort.  Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India.  In Religious Studies Review, Volume 28, No. 3, July 2002, p. 297.

  • Johannes Bronkhorst.  Karma and Teleology: A Problem and Its Solutions in Indian Philosophy. In Religious Studies Review, Volume 27, Number 4, October 2001, pp. 431-432. 

  • Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portness, editors.  Ethical Vegetarianism: From Pythagoras to Peter Singer.   In Worldviews, Volume 5, pp. 96-97.
  • Yujraj Krishan.  The Doctrine of Karma: Its Origin and Development in Brahmanical, Buddhist, and Jaina Traditions.  In International Journal of Hindu Studies.  Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 326-327.
  • Judith Cooney.  Sahaja Yoga.  In International Journal of Hindu Studies.  Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 93- 95.
  • Nicholas F. Gier.  Spiritual Titanism: Indian, Chinese, and Western Perspectives.  In Religious Studies Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2001, p. 47.
  • Arthur L. Herman.  Community, Violence, and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century.  In Buddhist-Christian Studies.  Vol. 20, 2000.  Pp. 265-267.
  • Ninian Smart.  Reflections in the Mirror of Religion. In Faith and Philosophy.  Vol. 17, 
    • No. 2, April 2000, pp. 271-273.
  • Raymond Martin, editor.  Krishnamurti: Reflection of the Self.  In Nova Religio.  Vol. 2,  No. 2. 
    • April 1999.  Pp. 318-319.
  • Paul David Numich.  Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant Buddhist Temples.  In Nova Religio.  Vol. 2, No. 1, October 1998.  Pp. 166-167.
  • J.C. Heesterman. The Broken World of Sacrifice: An Essay in Ancient Indian Ritual. In Religious Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1998. P. 326.
  • Bede Griffith. River of Compassion. Horizons, 1997. 
  • Leonardo Boff. Ecology and Liberation: A New Paradigm. Jay B. McDaniel. With Roots and Wings: Christianity in an Age of Ecology and Dialogue. In America, November 23, 1996. Pp. 26-27.
  • Michael Carrithers and Caroline Humphrey. The Assembly of Listeners: Jains in Society. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. LXIII No. 3, 1995. Pp. 644- 645.
  • Marcus Banks. Organizing Jainism in India and England. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. LXIII No. 3, 1995. Pp. 645-646.
  • Kendall Folkert. Scripture and Community: Collected Essays on the Jains. Edited by John E. Cort. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. LXIII No. 3, 1995. Pp. 646-647.
  • Brian K. Smith. Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 21, No. 3, July, 1995. P. 250.
  • Ariel Glucklich. The Sense of Adharma. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 21, No. 2, April 1995. P. 161.
  • Daniel C. Noel, ed. Paths to the Power of Myth: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion. In Horizons. Vol. 21, No. 2. Fall 1994. P. 381.
  • J.H.M. Whiteman. Aphorisms on Spiritual Method: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in Light of Mystical Experience. In Religious Studies Review. Vo. 20, No. 4. October 1994. P. 354.
  • Padmanabh S. Jaini. Gender and Salvation. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. LVII, No. 1. Spring 1994. Pp. 197-198.
  • Roger J. Corless. The Vision of Buddhism. In Dialogue and Alliance. Vol. 7, No. 2. Fall/Winter 1993. Pp. 124-125. Appeared February, 1994.
  • P.L. Bhargava. Founders of India's Civilization: Lives of Ten Great Pre-Buddha Men of India. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 19, No. 4 (1993), p. 372.
  • Jaideva Singh. The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment: A Translation of the Vijñ_na-Bhairava. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 19, Number 2 (1993), p. 182.
  • Leonard J. Biallas. World Religions: A Story Approach. In Horizons. Vol. 20, No. 1, 1993. Pp. 191-192.
  • Bruce R. Reichenbach. The Law of Karma: A Philosophical Study. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 60, No. 2, 1990. Pp. 356-358.
  • Georg Feuerstein. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 18, No. 2 (1992), p. 247.
  • Trevor Legget, translator. The Complete Commentary by _akara on the Yoga S_tras. In Religious Studies Review. Vol. 18, No. 2 (1992), p. 247. 
  • Mangala R. Chincore. Dharmakirti's Theory of Hetu-Centricity of Anumana. In Religious Studies Review (RSR). Vol. 18, No. 1 (1992), pp. 80-81. 
  • Arvind Sharma. Ramakrishna and Vivekananda: New Perspectives. In Religious Studies Review (RSR). Vol. 17, No. 4 (1991), p. 375.
  • K. Satchidananda Murty and Ashok Vohra. Radhakrishna: His Life and Ideas. In RSR, Vol. 17, No. 4 (1991), p. 376.
  • Andrew O. Fort. The Self and Its States: A State of Consciousness Doctrine in Advaita Vedanta. In RSR. Vol.17, No. 4 (1991), p. 376.
  • Leonard Swidler, ed. Toward a Universal Theology of Religion. In Horizons. Vol. 16, No. 1 (1989), pp. 177-178.
  • Gerald James Larson and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya. Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies. Vol. 4. Samkhya: A Dualist Tradition. In RSR. Vol. 15, No. 3 (1989), p. 283.
  • A.K. Sarkar. Dynamic Facets of Indian Thought. Vol. 3. Six Vedic Systems and Other Currents. In RSR. Vol. 15, No. 2 (1989), p. 185.
  • Gregory Darling. An Evaluation of the Vedantic Critique of Buddhism. In RSR. Vol. 15, No. 2 (1989), p. 186.
  • Paul Murphy. Triadic Mysticism: The Mystical Theology of the Saivism of Kashmir. In RSR. Vol. 14, No. 1 (1988), p. 90.
  • Kapil Tiwari, ed. Suffering: Indian Perspectives. In RSR. Vol. 14, No. 1 (1988), p. 80.
  • Bimal K. Matilal. Perception: An Essay on Classical Indian Theories of Perception. In RSR. Vol. 14, No. 2 (1988), p. 136.
  • Navjivan Rastogi. Introduction to the Tantraloka. In RSR. Vol. 14, No. 2 (1988), p. 180. 
  • John Taber. Transformative Philosophy. In RSR. Vol. 13, No. 3 (1987), p. 239.
  • Stephen H. Phillips. Aurobindo's Philosophy of Brahman. In RSR. Vol. 13, No. 3 (1987), p. 280.
  • J.C. Chatterji. Kashmir Shaivism. In RSR. Vol. 13, No. 4, p. 364.
  • J.L. Mehta. India and the West. In RSR. Vol. 12, No. 3 (1986), p. 264.
  • G.W. Houston, ed. Dharma and Gospel: Two Ways of Seeing. In The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Vol. IX, No. 1 (1986), pp. 123-124.
  • Padmanabh S. Jaini. The Jaina Path of Purification. Reviewed with R. Williams. Jaina Yoga. In Moksha Journal. Vol. II, No. 1 (1985), pp. 48-51.
  • Frank R. Podgorski. Hinduism: A Beautiful Mosaic and Ego: Revealer-Concealer. In Journal of Indian Philosophy. Vol. 13, No. 3 (1985), pp. 305-307.
  • Jeffrey Hopkins. Tantra in Tibet. Reviewed with Alex Wayman's Calming the Mind and Discerning the Real: Buddhist Meditation and the Middle View. In Journal of Dharma. Vol. 5, No. 2 (1981), pp. 331-334.

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