Professor Christopher Miller, PhD
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Christopher Jain Miller, the co-founder and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Arihanta Institute, completed his PhD in the study of Religion at the University of California, Davis. He is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Zürich’s Asien-Orient-Institut and Visiting Professor at Claremont School of Theology where he co-developed and co-runs a remotely available Masters Degree Program focusing on Engaged Jain Studies. His current research focuses on Modern Yoga and Engaged Jainism. Christopher is the author of a number of articles and book chapters concerned with Jainism and the practice of modern yoga. He is a co-editor of the volume Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age (Lexington 2020) and author of Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation (Routledge 2023).
Publications
BOOKS
Miller, Christopher Jain. 2024. Embodying Transnational Yoga: Eating, Singing, and Breathing in Transformation.
London: Routledge.
EDITED VOLUMES
Miller, Christopher Jain and Cogen Bohanec, editors. Forthcoming. Engaged Jainism.
Rita Sherma and Christopher Jain Miller, editors. Forthcoming. Ecology & Indian Philosophy:Hindu, Jain, and Yoga Perspectives onClimate and Environmental Mitigation. Proposal in process.
Miller, Christopher Patrick, Jeffery Long, and Michael Reading, editors. 2020. Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age.
New York: Lexington Books.
EDITED JOURNAL ISSUES
Miller, Christopher Jain, and Jeffery D. Long, editors. 2023. “A Continuing Search for Light in our Shared Times of Darkness: Introduction and Response to a Special Review Section on Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age.” Special Issue on Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age edited by Christopher Jain Miller and Jeffery D. Long
Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer).
Miller, Christopher, editor. 2016. Special Issue: “Contemplative Practice: Philosophy, Pedagogy, and Science.”
International Journal of Dharma Studies (Springer).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Miller, Christopher Jain. Forthcoming. "Puruṣa bound from within / without looking on”: Gurani Anjali's Sāṃkhya-Yoga Musicon Long Island, New York. " In Yogic Traditions and Sacred Sound Practices in the United States,
edited by Brita Renée Heimark. New York: SUNY Press.
Miller, Christopher Jain. Forthcoming. "Jain Veganism in Dialogue with Jain Speciesism: Clarifying Jain Intra-religious Dialogue as a
Basis for Inter-religious Dialogue." In Bloomsbury’s Handbook on Religion and Food, edited by Yudit Greenberg and Ben Zeller.
Miller, Christopher Jain. Forthcoming. "Engaged Jain Yoga: Seven Cakras, the Buddha, and Mahāvīra on the Berlin Wall." In Engaged Jainism:
Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement, edited by Christopher Jain Miller and Cogen Bohanec.
Miller, Christopher Jain. Forthcoming. "Conceptualizing ‘Engaged’ Jainism and the Field of ‘Engaged’ Jain Studies." In Engaged Jainism:
Critical and Constructive Approaches to the Study of Jain Social Engagement, edited by Christopher Jain Miller and Cogen Bohanec.
Miller, Christopher Jain. Forthcoming. "Engaged Jain Epistemology: Jain Responses to Climate Change."
In Ecology & Indian Philosophy:Hindu, Jain, and Yoga Perspectives on Climate and Environmental Mitigation,
edited by Rita Sherma and Christopher Jain Miller.
Miller, Christopher Jain. 2023. "Shedding Light on the Humane Hoax through the Deeper Dimensions of Jain Ahiṃsā."
In The Humane Hoax Anthology, edited by Hope Bohanec. Lantern: New York.
Miller, Christopher Jain. 2023. "Contemplating Jivas: The Ecological Implications of Jainism's Elemental Meditations."
In Contemplative Studies in Jainism: Prayer, Veneration, Ritual, and Meditation in Jainism, edited by Rita Sherma and
Cogen Bohanec. New York: Routledge.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2021. "Christian and Hindu Responses to Christian Yoga Practice in North America." In Routledge Handbook
of Hindu-Christian Relations, edited by Chad Bauman and Michelle Voss Roberts. New York, Routledge. 280-293.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2020. "Paramahansa Yogananda’s World Brotherhood Colonies: Models for Environmentally Sustainable
and Socially Responsible Living." In Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age,
edited by Christopher Patrick Miller, Michael Reading, and Jeffery Long. New York: Lexington Books. 163-180.
Miller, Christopher Patrick and Michael Reading. 2020. "Introduction." In Beacons of Dharma: Spiritual Exemplars for the Modern Age,
edited by Christopher Patrick Miller, Michael Reading, and Jeffery Long. New York: Lexington Books. ix-xxi.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2018. "Yoga Bodies and Bodies of Water: Solutions for Climate Change in India?"
In That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann.
New York: Oxford University Press. 126-155.
Miller, Christopher Patrick and Dianna Bell. 2018. "Harmonizing Bureaucracy and Bio-Spirituality."
In That All May Flourish: Comparative Religious Environmental Ethics, edited by Laura Hartmann.
New York: Oxford University Press. 173-176.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Miller, Christopher Jain and Jonathan Dickstein. 2021. "Jain Veganism: Ancient Wisdom, New Opportunities." Religions. Vol. 12, no. 512: Online
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2020. " Softpower and Biopower: Narendra Modi’s ‘Double Discourse’ Concerning Yoga for Climate Change
and Self-Care ." Journal of Dharma Studies, Special Issue on Yoga Studies. Vol. 3, no. 1: 93-106.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2019. "Jainism, Yoga, and Ecology: A Course in Contemplative Practice for a World in Pain." In "New Directions in Jaina
Studies." Special issue edited by Anne Vallely. Religions. Vol. 10, no. 4: 1-14.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2018. "World Brotherhood Colonies: A Preview of Paramahansa Yogananda's Understudied Vision
for Communities Founded upon the Principles of Yoga." Yoga-Mīmāṃsā. Vol. 50 no. 1: 3-9.
PEER-REVIEWED ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Miller, Christopher. 2020. "Jainism." In Wiley-Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition,
edited by George Ritzer & Chris Rojek.
Miller, Christopher. 2018. "Sāṃkhya." In Hinduism and Tribal Religions, Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, edited by Pankaj Jain, et al.
New York: Springer.
BOOK REVIEWS
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2021. Review of Post Lineage Yoga: From Guru to #MeToo by Theodora Wildcroft.
Journal of Contemporary Religion, 36:3, 587-589, DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2021.1923191
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2021. Review of Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas by Christopher Chapple. Journal of Dharma Studies. Vol4,151–154 (2021).
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2021. Review of Jainism and Environmental Philosophy: Karma and the Web of Life
by Aidan Rankin. International Journal of Hindu Studies, 24: 407–443.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2020. Review Essay of An Introduction to Jain Philosophy by Parveen Jain.
Journal of Dharma Studies, 3: 193–196.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2019. Review of Biography of a Yogi: Paramahansa Yogananda & the Origins of Modern Yoga
by Anya P. Foxen. International Journal of Hindu Studies, Vol. 23: no. 1: 342-344.
Miller, Christopher Patrick. 2019. Review of Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis
by Suzanne Newcombe. Religions of South Asia, Vol. 12, no. 3: 413-416.
