Norwegian religious history scholar
Knut Axel Jacobsen is a Norwegian scholar of the history of religions and professor at theUniversity of Bergen.[1] He is a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]
He has a PhD from theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (1994), and has been professor at the University of Bergen since 1996.[3] Jacobsen's areas of teaching includeHindu traditions,Sikhism,Jainism,Indian Buddhism andIndian philosophy.
Jacobsen's main areas of research includeSāṃkhya,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.
Selected Writings in English include:
- 1999Prakṛti in Sāṃkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications. New York: Peter Lang
- 2004South Asians in the diaspora: histories and religious traditions. (with P. Pratap Kumar). Leiden: Brill.
- 2005Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Leiden: Brill.[4]
- 2008Kapila: Founder of Sāṃkhya and Avatāra of Viṣṇu. New Delhi:Munshiram Manoharlal.
- 2008South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora. London: Routledge.
- 2008South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. (with Selva J. Raj). Farnham: Ashgate.
- 2009Modern Indian Culture and Society. 4 vols. London: Routledge.
- 2009Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One: Regions, Pilgrimage, Deities. Leiden: Brill 2009.
- 2010Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two: Sacred Languages, Ritual Traditions, Arts, Concepts. Leiden: Brill.
- 2011Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identity and Transnational Practices. (with Kristina Myrvold). Farnham: Ashgate.
- 2011Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three: Society, Religious Professionals, Religious Communities, Philosophies. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four. Historical Perspectives, Poets/Teachers/Saints, Relation to Other Religions and Traditions, Hinduism and Contemporary Issues. Leiden: Brill.
- 2012Sikhs Across Borders. (with Kristina Myrvold). London: Bloomsbury.
- 2013Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space. Abingdon: Routledge.
- 2013Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five: Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill.
- 2015Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Six: Indices. Leiden: Brill.
- 2015Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions (co-edited with Mikael Aktor og Kristina Myrvold). Abingdon: Routledge.[5]
- 2015Young Sikhs in a Global World. (with Kristina Myrvold). Farnham: Ashgate.[6]
- 2016Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge.[7]
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