Towards a Hermeneutic of Yoga in Modern Times: A Comparative Study of Practice and Detachment in Hinduism and Christianity

Thesis advisor: Catherine Cornille === This dissertation contributes to a scholarly understanding of Yoga in modern times by considering the dialectical tension between life-affirming goals in Yoga (health, balance, well-being) and the world-renouncing asceticism of the classical text, Patañjali’s Y...

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Main Author: Corigliano, Stephanie Heather
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104875