Some Thoughts on God and Spiritual Practice in Yoga and Christianity

I do not approach this topic as an expert historian of the diverse schools of yoga or as a systematician of their teachings or as an exegete of their classical texts.1 Rather I address the theme of yoga and Christianity as a Christian theologian who has been a practitioner of Iyengar yoga, a promine...

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Main Author: Malkovsky, Bradley (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2018
In: Journal of Hindu-Christian studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Pages: 33-45
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
CB Christian life; spirituality
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
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