Knut Axel Jacobsen is a Norwegian scholar of the history of religions and professor at the University of Bergen.[1] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]

Career

He has a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1994), and has been professor at the University of Bergen since 1996.[3] Jacobsen's areas of teaching include Hindu traditions, Sikhism, Jainism, Indian Buddhism and Indian philosophy.

Research

Jacobsen's main areas of research include Sāṃkhya, 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.

Writings

Selected Writings in English include:

References

  1. ^ "Knut Axel Jacobsen – Universitetet i Bergen". uib.no. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  2. ^ "Artikkel: Gruppe 8: Religionsvitenskap og teologi". dnva.no. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  3. ^ Knut Axel Jacobsen (5 October 2015). "CURRICULUM VITAE KAJ" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Theory and Practice of Yoga". Brill. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  5. ^ Knut A. Jacobsen; Mikael Aktor; Kristina Myrvold (27 August 2014). Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions: Forms, Practices and Meanings. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-67594-5.
  6. ^ Knut A. Jacobsen; Kristina Myrvold (9 March 2016). Young Sikhs in a Global World: Negotiating Traditions, Identities and Authorities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-79081-4.
  7. ^ Knut A. Jacobsen (11 August 2015). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-40358-6.
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