CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS KNUT AXEL JACOBSEN

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS KNUT AXEL JACOBSEN AHKR, History of Religions University of Bergen Øysteinsgate Bergen Norway knut.jacobsen@ahkr.uib.no CURRENT POSITION Professor, AHKR, History of Religions, University of Bergen, Norway, PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS Associate Professor, History of Religions, University of Bergen, Norway, Post-doctorate Fellow, University of Oslo, funded by the Research Council of Norway, Doctorate fellow, University of California at Santa Barbara, funded by the Research Council of Norway, Research Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara, RESEARCH AREAS Hinduism, South Asian Diaspora, Yoga, Sikhism, Jainism, South Asian Buddhism, Religious Pluralism, Sanskrit, Pali, Religion and Nature. EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Religious Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS

2 2 Jacobsen, Knut A., (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge, Jacobsen, Knut A., Kristina Myrvold (eds) Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Farnham: Ashgate, Jacobsen, Knut A., Mikael Aktor and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, practices and meanings. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015 Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Six. Indices. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. Jainismen: religion, historie og ikkevold. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2013 Jacobsen, Knut A. Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition: Salvific Space. London: Routledge, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four. Historical perspectives, poets, teachers, and saints, relation to other religions and traditions, Hinduism and contemporary issues. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices among European Sikhs. London: Bloomsbury, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. Buddhismen. 2nd. ed. Oslo: Pax, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed,) Verdensreligioner i Norge. 3d. ed. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three. Society, Professionals, Communities, Philosophies, Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identity and

3 3 Transnational Practices. Farnham: Ashgate, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduismen. 2nd. ed. Oslo: Pax, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Bioetikk i verdensreligionene: religion, medisin og teknologisk endring. Oslo: Abstrakt Forlag, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two. Sacred Languages, Ritual Traditions, Arts, Concepts. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed. in chief) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One. Regions, Pilgrimage, Deities. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Modern Indian Culture and Society. 4 vols. Editor. Abingdon: Routledge, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hva er hinduisme. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Selva J. Raj (eds) South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. London: Ashgate, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and the Diaspora. Abingdon: Routledge, Jacobsen, Knut A. Kapila: Founder of Sāṃkhya and Avatāra of Viṣṇu. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hyllest til Gudinnen: Visjon og tilbedelse av hinduismens store Gudinne. Oslo: Emilia forlag, Jacobsen, Knut A. Sikhismen: Historie, tradisjon og kultur. Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Leiden: Brill, 2005 (Indian edition: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2008). Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Verdensreligioner i Norge. 2d. ed. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Sanger fra Adi Granth. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, 2004.

4 4 Yoga. Editor and contributing author. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, Jacobsen, Knut A. and P. Pratap Kumar (eds) South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions. Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduismen. Oslo: Pax, Swedish translation, Hinduismen: Historia, tradition, mångfold, Stockholm: Natur og Kultur, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Verdensreligioner i Norge Oslo: Norwegian University Press, Jacobsen, Knut A. (ed.) Bhagavadgita og andre hellige skrifter fra hinduismen. Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, Jacobsen, Knut A. Buddhismen. Oslo: Pax, Swedish translation, Buddhismen: Kultur, historia, traditon, Stockholm: Natur og Kultur, Jacobsen, Knut A. Prakṛti in Sāṃkhya-Yoga: Material Principle, Religious Experience, Ethical Implications. New York: Peter Lang, 1999; Indian edition: Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Notto R. Thelle. Hinduismen og Buddhismen. Kristiansand: Nordic Academic Press, LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES Jacobsen, Knut A. Hindu Pilgrimage Sites and Travel: Infrastructure, Economy, Identity and Conflicts. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. Contemporary India: Foundation, Relations, Diversity and Innovations. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. and Brij V. Lal. Dispersals, Migrations, Diversity of Communities and the Notion of an Indian Diaspora. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Abingdon: Routledge, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. Young Sikhs and Literature: Identity Formation in Sikh Creative Writing

5 5 in Norway. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. and Kristina Myrvold. Introdiuction: Young Sikhs in a Global World. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Farnham: Ashgate, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. The material culture of Sāṃkhya: Kapila as object of worship. In Knut A. Jacobsen, Kristina Myrvold, and Mikael Aktor (eds) Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, practices and meanings. London: Routledge, 2015, s Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduism and Globalization: Gurus, yoga and migration in northern Europe. In Bryan Turner and Oscar S. Salemink (eds) Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia. London: Routledge 2015, Jacobsen, Knut A. Tid i sāṃkhya. Chaos. Dansk-norsk tidsskrift for religionhistoriske studier 61, 1 (2014): Gilhus, Ingvild S. and Knut A. Jacobsen From the History of Religions to the Science of Religion in Norway. Temenos (2014): Jacobsen, Knut A. Jainismens ikkevold, og dens innflytelse på Gandhi. Religion og livssyn: Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge, 25, 1 (2014): Jacobsen, Knut A. Aramuga Navalar. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, 2013, Jacobsen, Knut A. Bharat Sevashram Sangha and Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, 2013, Jacobsen, Knut A. Chinmayananda and Chinmaya Mission. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, 2013, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hariharananda Aranya. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, 2013,

6 6 Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduism and Migration: Contemporary Communities outside South Asia: Norway. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Five. Symbolism, Diaspora, Modern Groups and Teachers. Leiden: Brill, 2013, Jacobsen, Knut A. Jivanmukti - sikhismens frelsesmål. Religion og livssyn: Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge 25, 2 (2013): Jacobsen, Knut A. Tamiḻ Śaivism in Norway. In P. Pratap Kumar (ed.) Contemporary Hinduism. Durham: Acumen Publishing, 2013, Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduism and Buddhism: Modern Period. In Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Four, Historical Perspectives, Poets, Teachers, and Saints, Relation to other Religions and Traditions, Hinduism and Contemporary Issues. Leiden: Brill, 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Kristina Myrvold Transnational European Sikhs. In Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices of European Sikhs. London: Bloomsbury 2012, 1-8. Jacobsen, Knut A. Tuning identity in European Houses of the Guru : The importance of gurdwaras and kirtan among Sikhs in Europe. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices of European Sikhs. London: Bloomsbury 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. Kristina Myrvold, Ravinder Kaur and Laura Hirvi Contesting and confirming religious authority in the diaspora: Transnational communication and the Dasam Granth controversy in the Nordic countries. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs Across Borders: Transnational Practices of European Sikhs. London: Bloomsbury 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. Gudene på jorden møter norsk byråkrati: Hinduismens prester, termplenes forstandere og statlige reguleringer. In Cora Alexa Døving og Berit S. Thorbjørnsrud (eds) Religiøse ledere: makt og avmakt i norske trossamfunn. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. The Punjab Diaspora in the Scandinavian Countries. In P. S. Sahai and Krishan Chand (eds) Indian Diaspora: Migration and Development with Focus on the State of Punjab. Chandigarh: Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. Yoga Powers in a Contemporary Sāṃkhya-Yoga Tradition. In Knut A.

7 7 Jacobsen (ed.) Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration. Leiden: Brill, 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. Yoga Powers and Religious Traditions. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration. Leiden: Brill, 2012, Jacobsen, Knut A. Gurus and Ācāryas. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three. Society, Religious Specialists, Religious Traditions, Philosophy. Leiden: Brill, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Town and City. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three. Society, Religious Specialists, Religious Traditions, Philosophy. Leiden: Brill, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Sāṃkhya. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three. Society, Religious Specialists, Religious Traditions, Philosophy. Leiden: Brill, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Pātañjala Yoga. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Three. Society, Religious Specialists, Religious Traditions, Philosophy. Leiden: Brill, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Institutionalization of Sikhism in Norway: Community Growth and Generational Transfer. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identities and Representations. Ashgate: Farnham, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Kristina Myrvold Introduction: Sikhs in Europe. In Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold (eds) Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identities and Representations. Ashgate:Farnham, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Sāṃkhya-Yoga Traditions. In Jessica Frazier (ed.) The Continuum Companion to Hindu Studies. London: Continuum, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. The Wisdom of Kapila s Cave: Sāṃkhya-Yoga as Practice. In Hillary Rodrigues (ed) Hinduism in Practice. London: Routledge, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Songs to the Highest God (Īśvara) of Sāṃkhya-Yoga. In David Gordon White (ed.) Yoga in Practice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011,

8 8 Jacobsen, Knut A. Hinduisme. In Tim Jensen, Mikael Rothstein and Jørgen Podemann Sørensen (eds) Gyldendals religionshistorie: ritualer, mytologi, ikonografi. 2. reviderte og udvidede udgave. Købemhavn: Gyldendal, 2011, Jacobsen, Knut A. Den guddommelige, kosmologiske, sosiale og menneskelige kroppen i hinduismen. Religion og livssyn: Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge 23, 2 (2011): Jacobsen, Knut A. Bioetikk i buddhismen. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Bioetikk i verdensreligionene: religion, medisin og teknologisk endring. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2010, Jacobsen, Knut A. Bioetikk i hinduismen. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Bioetikk i verdensreligionene: religion, medisin og teknologisk endring. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2010, Jacobsen, Knut A. Bioetikk og religionene. In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Bioetikk i verdensreligionene: religion, medisin og teknologisk endring. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag, 2010, Jacobsen, Knut A. Establishment of Buddhist Sacred Space in Contemporary India: The Ambedkarite Buddhism, Dalit Civil Religion and the Struggle Against Social Exclusion. In Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Yitzhak Sternberg (eds) World Religions and Multiculturalism: A Dialectic Relation. Leiden: Brill, 2010, Jacobsen, Knut A. Leadership Structures and Government Regulation of Hinduism in Norway. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration 5, 2 (2010): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Ahiṃsā." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two. Text and Languages, Rituals, Arts, Concepts, Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Sevā." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two. Text and Languages, Rituals, Arts, Concepts, Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Prakṛti." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume Two. Text and Languages, Rituals, Arts, Concepts, Leiden: Brill, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Establishing Tamil Ritual Space: A Comparative Analysis of the Ritualisation of the Traditions of the Tamil Hindus and the Tamil Roman Catholics in Norway," Journal of Religion in Europe 2, 2 (2009): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Introduction." Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Modern Indian Culture and Society. 4 vols. London: Routledge, 2009.

9 9 Jacobsen, Knut A. "Introduction." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Vol. One. Leiden: Brill 2009, xxxiii-xliii. Jacobsen, Knut A. "Tīrtha and Tīrthayātrā." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One. Knut A. Jacobsen, Editor in chief. Vol. I. Leiden: Brill 2009, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Uttar Pradesh." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One. Leiden: Brill 2009, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Sacred Animals." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One. Leiden: Brill Jacobsen, Knut A. "Processions." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Volume One. Leiden: Brill 2009, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Three Functions of Hell in the Hindu Traditions." Numen 56, 2-3 (2009): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Introduction: Religion on Display." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asian and in the Diaspora. London: Routledge, 2008, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Processions, Public Space and Sacred Space in the South Asian Diasporas in Norway." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asian and in the Diaspora. London: Routledge, 2008, Jacobsen, Knut A. and Selva J. Rai. "Introduction: Making an Invisible Diaspora Visible" In Knut A. Jacobsen and Selva J. Raj (ed.) South Asian Christian Diaspora: An Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. London: Ashgate, 2008, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Creating Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic Space in the South Asian Diaspora in Norway." In Knut A. Jacobsen and Selva J. Raj (ed.) South Asian Christian Diaspora: An Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. London: Ashgate, 2008, Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Meaning of Prakṛti in the Yogasūtra and Vyāsabhāṣya. " Asian Philosophy 17, no 1 (2007): Jacobsen, Knut A. "What Similes in Sāṃkhya Do: A Comparison of the Similes in the

10 10 Sāṃkhya texts of the Mahābhārata, the Sāṃkhyakārikā and the Sāṃkhyasūtra." Journal of Indian Philosophy 34 (2006): Jacobsen, Knut A. and Ninian Smart. "Is Hinduism an Offshoot of Buddhism?" In Anna King (ed.) Indian Religions: Renaissance and Renewal: The Spalding Papers in Indic Studies. London: Equinox, 2006, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Når Lakshmi flytter inn, flytter Sarasvati ut: religion og profitt." Praktisk økonomi og finans 4 (2006): Scandinavia In Peter Reeves, Brij V. Lal and Rajesh Rai (eds.), Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora. Singapore: Editions Didier Millet, 2006, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hindu Processions, Diaspora and Religious Pluralism," in P. Pratap Kumar (ed.) Religious Pluralism and the Diaspora. Leiden: Brill, 2006, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Krig og krigerasketer i hinduismens tradisjoner." Chaos 45 (2006): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Veda, vitenskap og vestens herredømme: hinduistiske møter med moderne kunnskapstradisjoner". Religion og livssyn 18, 1 (2006): Jacobsen, Knut A. Purusha is Different from Everything. Sankhyayana 3 (2005): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Globalisert yoga: Om hvordan en esoterisk religiøs lære for asketer i India ble et verdensomspennende sekulært helse-, trim- og sportsfenomen." Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift 107, nr. 1 (2006): Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Great Monkey Jataka." In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Bhagavadgita." In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Arne Naess." In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Jataka," In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, 903, 904.

11 11 Jacobsen, Knut A. " India," In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Ahimsa" In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Prakriti." In Bron Tylor (ed) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature. Edited by Bron Tylor. New York: Continuum, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Tirtha of sage Kapila." Manushi. Issue 150, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Introduction: Yoga Traditions." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Leiden: Brill, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "In Kapila s Cave: A Sāṃkhya-Yoga Renaissance in Bengal." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson. Leiden: Brill, 2005, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Det andre livsstadiet: Ekteskapstradisjoner i hinduismen i Sør-Asia og i diasporaen." In Berit Synnøve Thorbjørnsrud (ed.) Evig Din?: Ekteskaps- og samlivstradisjoner i det flerreligiøse Norge. Oslo: Abstract forlag, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Kapila in the Mahābhārata." In T. S. Rukmani (ed.) The Mahābhārata: Whatever Is Not There Is Nowhere else. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Jacobsen, Knut A. "Interdependence and Non-Injury." Sankhyayana 2 (2004): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Nye rituelle rom i hindudiasporaen i Norge." Chaos 41 (2004): Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Child Manifestation of Śiva in Contemporary Hindu Popular Prints." Numen 52 (2004): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hva er Yoga?" P2-Akademiet XXXI. Oslo: Transit, 2004, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduisme: Mat som kosmisk, etisk, sosial og materiell virkelighet." In Gunnar Neegaard (ed.) Når Gud bestemmer menyen.. Oslo: Yrkeslitteratur, 2004, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Menneskerettigheter i hinduisme." Religion og livssyn 16, no. 1, (2004):

12 12 Jacobsen, Knut A. and P. Pratap Kumar "Future Prospects." In Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar (ed.) South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. and P. Pratap Kumar "Introduction." In Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar (ed.) South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp. ix-xxiv. Jacobsen, Knut A. "Establishing Ritual Space in the Hindu Diaspora in Norway." In Knut A. Jacobsen and Pratap Kumar (ed.) South Asians in Diaspora: Histories and Religious Traditions. Leiden: Brill, 2004, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Matṛgayāparvaṇaśrāddha: Pilegrimsferd til Sidhpur for å gi frelse til avdøde mødre. " Chaos 39 (2003): Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Sacred Geography of Kapila: The Kapilāśrama of Sidhpur, " Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis vol 18: Ritualistics, (2003): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Settling in Cold Climate: Tamil Hindus in Norway" In Martin Baumann, Brigitte Luchesi, Annette Wilke (eds.), Tempel und Tamilen in zweiter Heimat. Hindus aus Sri Lanka im deutschsprachigen und skandinavischen Raum. Würzburg: Ergon Press 2003, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Flere veier til samme mål - Asiatiske verdensreligioner i Norge og religiøs sannhet." P2-Akademiet Bind XXVII. Oslo: Transit 2003, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Vold i hinduismen." Religion og livssyn 14, no. 4, (2002): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Shiva som barn: Tradisjon og innovasjon i hinduismens gudeplakatkunst." Din 2/3 (2002): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Buddhismens ritualer" In P2 Akademiet X. Oslo: NRK Fakta, 2002, p Jacobsen, Knut A. "Dyr i hinduismen." Religion og livssyn 14, no. 1 (2002): Jacobsen, Knut A. "En flerreligiøs verden og religionsmangfoldet i Norge.". In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Verdensreligioner i Norge. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001,

13 13 Jacobsen, Knut A. "Buddhismen i Norge". In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Verdensreligioner i Norge. Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismen i Norge." In Knut A. Jacobsen (ed.) Verdensreligioner i Norge.Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 2001, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismens gudsforestillinger." In P2 Akademiet Q. Oslo: NRK Kultur, 2000, Jacobsen, Knut A. "En verdensreligion i diaspora: Sri Lanka tamilenes hinduisme i Bergen" In Lisbeth Mikaelsson (ed.) Religionsbyen Bergen. Bergen: Eide, 2000, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Tid, verdensoppløsning og religiøs opplevelse: Samkhya-prinsippenes (tattvaenes) funksjon i hinduismens endetidsforestillinger." Chaos 33 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Bhagavadgītā, Ecosophy T and Deep Ecology." In Eric Katz, Andrew Light, and David Rothenberg (ed.) Beneath the Surface: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Deep Ecology, Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2000, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Tekster fra Hinduismen." In Tarald Rasmussen and Einar Thomassen (eds) Kildesamling til krl-faget. Oslo: Nasjonalt læremiddelsenter 2000, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Mat og askese i hinduismen." Din 1 (1999): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Noen hinduistiske forestillinger om tid (kala)." Religion og livssyn 11, no. 4, (1999): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Religionens dimensjoner i hinduismens tempel (mandir) i Sør-Asia og i diaspora." Prismet 50, no. 4 (1999): Also published in Renate Banschbach Eggen and Olav Hognestad (eds) Tempel og Katedral: Kunst og arkitektur som gudstroens speilbilde. Trondheim: Tapir, 2000, s Jacobsen, Knut A. "Kapila: Founder of Sāṃkhya and Avatāra of Viṣṇu." OrientaliaSuecana vol 47 (1998): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Stedets kraft i hinduismens hellige land og landskap" In Inger Marie Ruud og Sigurd Hjelde (eds) Enhet i Mangfold: 100 år med religionshistorie i Norge. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1998,

14 14 Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismens identitet." Prismet 49.4 (1998): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Noen vanlige misforståelser om hinduismen." Prismet 49.4 (1998): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Shivas barndom." Chaos 29 (1998): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismen i diaspora: Religiøs endring og norsk kontekst." Kirke og Kultur 102, no 4/5 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Komparasjon og Pluralitet." Religion og Livssyn 9, no 3 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Humankind and Nature in Buddhism." In Eliot Deutsch and Ron Bontekoe (eds) A Companion to World Philosophies. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Fristende magiske evner (siddhi, vibhūti) som bivirkninger av yogapraksis i Sāṃkhya og Sāṃkhya-Yoga." Chaos 27 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Magiske evner som ikke er magiske: Bedrageri og skepsis til magiske evner i sør-asiatisk historie." In Torunn Selberg (ed.) Magi i møte med det moderne,. Oslo: Research Council of Norway. KULTs skriftserie nr. 83, pp Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismens tempel (prasada, mandira)." Religion og Livssyn, 9, no. 2(1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Erratum, "The Anthropocentric Bias in Eliade's Interpretation of the Sāṃkhya and Sāṃkhya-Yoga Systems of Religious Thought." Religion 26 (1996): 401. Jacobsen, Knut A. "Prakṛti." In Bettina Bäumer (ed.) Kalātattvakośa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, vol III, Primal Elements - Mahabharata. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass., 1996, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Bhagavadgītā, Ecosophy T, and Deep Ecology." Inquiry 39 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Female Pole of the Godhead in Tantrism and the Prakriti of Samkhya." Numen 43 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Ikke-beskadigelse (ahimsā) og offer-ideologi i Bhagavadgītā." Chaos 24 (1995):

15 15 Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Anthropocentric Bias in Eliade's Interpretation of the Sāṃkhya and Sāṃkhya-Yoga Systems of Religious Thought." Religion 25(1995): Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Institutionalization of the Ethics of 'Non-injury Towards All Beings' in Ancient India." Environmental Ethics, 16, no 3 (1994): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Ordinary Nature: Pakati in the Pāli Scripture." Asian Philosophy 3, 2 (1993): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Restrained Persons, Transformed Places: Relation to Place in the Samkhya-Yoga Traditions." In Rana B. Singh (ed.) Environmental Ethics: Discourses and Cultural Traditions, A Festschrift to Arne Naess, Also published in The National Geographical Journal of India, 39, no. 1-2 (1993): LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Mark Singleton and Ellen Goldberg (eds.), Gurus of Modern Yoga. Numen 62 (2015): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Ferdinando Sardella, Modern Hindu Personalism: The History, Life, and Thought of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Numen 62.1 (2015): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Understanding the Brahma Kumaris. By Frank Whaling. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, Numen 60 (2013): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the Intellectual History of India and Tibet, Edited by Sheldon Pollock. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, Journal of world history 24, 1 (2013): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Mikael Aktor og Robert Deliege (eds), From Stigma to Assertion: Untouchability, Identity and Politics in Early and Modern India. Chaos. Dansk-norsk tidsskrift for religionhistoriske studier 56 (2012): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Inside the Guru s Gate: Ritual Uses of Texts Among the Sikhs in Varanasi, Kristina Myrvold. Journal of Punjab Studies 17, 1-2 (2010): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, ed Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Environmental Ethics 25 (2003):

16 16 Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka, by H. L. Seneviratne. Religion 33 (2003): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of The Emergence of Hindu Nationalism in India, by John Zavos. Contemporary South Asia, vol. 10 (2001): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Jñāndev Studies I and II, Songs on Yoga and III, The Conservative Vaishnava, by Catharina Kiehnle. Acta Orientalia, vol. 62 (2001): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Violence Denied: Violence, Non-violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History, ed. Jan. E. M. Houben and Karel R. van Kooij (eds.). Religion, 31, no. 3 (2001): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Indra and other Vedic deities: A euhemeristic study, by Uma Chakravarty. International Journal of Hindu Studies 4, nr. 2 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Politikens håndbog i Verdens religioner, ed. Mikael Rothstein. Chaos 34 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Buddhism in Practice, ed. Donald S. Lopez. Contemporary South Asia 9, no 3 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Tone Lie Bøttinger og Kåre A. Lie, Søstrenes sanger: Therigatha. Chaos 34 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of On Understanding Buddhists: Essays on the Theravāda Tradition in Sri Lanka, by John Ross Carter. Religion 30 (2000): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Professor Kane s Contribution to Dharmaśāstra Literature, ed. S. G. Moghe. Religious Studies Review 25, 4 (1999): 443. Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of A Buddhist Woman s Path to Enlightenment, ed. Peter Schalk. Temenos 34 (1998): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Deep Ecology for the 21st Century: Readings on the Philosophy of the New Environmentalism, ed. Georg Sessions, Journal of the American Academy of Religion 66 (1998):

17 17 Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of How Buddhism Began, by Richard F. Gombrich. In Temenos 33 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Prakriti: The Integral Vision, five volumes, ed. Kapila Vatsyayana. In Acta Orientalia 58 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Ancient Eastern Philosophy for Beginners, by Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon. In Contemporary South Asia 6 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Representing Hinduism, ed. Vasudha Dalmia and H. von Stietencron. In Numen 44 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of The Divine and the Demoniac, by Carmel Berkson. In Contemporary South Asia6 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of A Survey of Hinduism, by Klaus K. Klostermaier. In Numen 44 (1997): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Harmony of Religions, by Thomas Manninezhath. In ActaOrientalia 57 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of The Self and Its States, by Andrew O. Fort. In ActaOrientalia 57 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Ecology and Religion: Ecological Spirituality in Cross-Cultural Perspective, by David Kinsley. In Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 64 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of The Philosophy of Religion and Advaita Vedanta: A Comparative Study in Religion and Reason, by Arvind Sharma. In Religion 26 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Ecological Prospects: Scientific, Religious, and Aesthetic Perspectives, ed. Christopher Key Chapple. In Journal of The American Academy of Religion 64 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Rules and Regulations of Brahmanical Asceticism, Yatidharmasamuccaya of Yādava Prakāśa, ed. and trans. by Patrick Olivelle. In Numen 43 (1996): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Das Brahmanische Totenritual nach der Antyeṣṭipaddhati des Nārāyaṇabhāṭṭa, by Klaus Werner Müller. In Journal of Asian Studies 53, No. 2 (1994):

18 18 Review of Buddha Nature, by Sallie B. King, In Buddhist-Christian Studies 14 (1994): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Religion Philosophy Yoga, by Jean Filliozat. In South Asia in Review, 16, no. 1 (1992): 42. Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Encountering the Goddess, by Thomas B. Coburn. In South Asia in Review, 15, n. 4 (1991): 87. Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Hugging the Trees: The Story of the Chipko Movement, by Thomas Weber. In South Asia in Review, 15, no. 4 (1991): Jacobsen, Knut A. Review of Human Fertility Cults and Rituals in Bengal, by P. K. Maity. In South Asia in Review, 14, no. 4 (1990): PUBLIC RADIO LECTURES "Hva er Yoga?" P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture) NRK. September 20. og 21. February, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Flere veier til samme mål - verdensreligioner i Norge og religiøs sannhet." P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture), NRK. September 10., 11. and 14., Jacobsen, Knut A. "Buddhismens ritualer." P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture), NRK September 9. and 15., Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hinduismens gudsforestillinger." P2 Akademiet (Public Radio Lecture) 17.4/ NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES Jacobsen, Knut A. Kua i India: Religion og politick. Herba - Tidsskrift for Jordbruk, ernæring, natur og kultur 50.2 (2015): Jacobsen, Knut A. "Religiøs identitet." Feature article Bergens Tidende, May 30, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Indisk vei til helse og velvære." Feature article Aftenposten, August 4, Også utgitt i svensk oversettelse: Knut A. Jacobsen, "Väg till vishet har blivit motionsform". Sydasien 29.3 (2005).

19 19 Jacobsen, Knut A. "Hva skjer med Indias kastesystem." Feature article Aftenposten, July 11, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Verdensreligionene forandrer Norge." Feature article Morgenbladet, July 2-8. Jacobsen, Knut A. "En sikh som leder skaper forsoning i India". Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, June 15, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Verdensreligioner i Norge." Feature article (kronikk) Aftenposten, November 21, Jacobsen, Knut A. "Seva, maitri og karmayoga." Tredje Verden Magasinet X 6 (2001): 52. Jacobsen, Knut A. "The Upanshads: The Last Part of the Veda, the Revealed Scripture of Hinduism." In Paula Fure (ed.), Philosophical Pocketbook: Circling Around the Act of Creating. Kongsberg: Galleri Åkern, 1997, 8-9. Jacobsen, Knut A. "Templet: En sentral institusjon for hinduismen i Tamil-kulturen i Norge. Tamil Sangam i Norge 20 år, 1994, SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE Founding editor and Editor in chief of the Six Volume, Brill s Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Leiden: Brill, Founding editor and coeditor (with Gurinder Singh Mann, Kristina Myrvold and Eleanor Nesbitt) of the forthcoming two volume Brill s Encyclopedia of Sikhism. On the editorial board of a number of international journals: South Asian Diaspora, Religions of South Asia, Nidan: Journal for the Study of Hinduism, Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, Chaos. Peer reviewer of articles of a large number of journals such as Religion, Numen, Temenos: Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, South Asian Diaspora, Chaos, Din. External examiner of Ph.D. dissertations at University of London, University of Southern

20 20 Denmark, Århus University, Lund University, and Åbo University. Member of Swedish Research Council evaluation panel Religious Knowledge, Leader of the Norwegian Association of the History of Religions (Norsk religionshistorisk forening) from GUEST LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS Have over the years presented hundreds of conference papers at conferences in Asia, North America, Australia and Europe, and been invited key note speaker for conferences at University of London, Monash University, Melbourne, and Centre for South Asian Studies (CEIAS, CNRS-EHESS), Paris. Given invited guest lectures at Universities in India, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Norway. RESEARCH GRANTS One of five participants in the project Sikh Identity Formation: Generational Transfer of Traditions in the Nordic Countries, a NORDCORP project funded by the Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS), Project planning grant for Nordic project on Religious pluralism in the Nordic countries, Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and the Social Sciences (NOS-HS), Research project on Religious pluralism in Norway funded by the Research Council of Norway, Post.doc. funded by the Research Council of Norway (declined March 1996). 36 months. Ph.D. funded by the Research Council of Norway months. TEACHING Have been teaching numerous classes on religions of South Asia at the University of Bergen at bachelor and master level since Taught classes on the history of Hinduisms and Buddhism at the University of Oslo in 1995, and was from 1988 to 1994 teaching assistant at the University of California at Santa Barbara for a number of classes in Religious Studies and Environmental Studies.